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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice

Which of the following pairs of structures represent resonance forms ?

(a) structure and structure

(b) structure and structure

Options:

Answer:
A
Solution:

(a) The enolate pair differs only in electron positions : resonance forms.

(b) A hydrogen atom has moved from carbon to oxygen, so the pair are tautomers.

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