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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTMedium2 minQB
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Choose the most stable resonating structure of the species whose contributors are shown below.

resonance structures Q165

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

C carries the negative charge on oxygen, the most electronegative atom, and every atom has an octet. A, B and D place the negative charge on carbon, so they contribute less.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:RESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECT
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