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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTHard2 minQB
ChemistryHardsingle choice

Which of the following pairs are resonance contributors ?

(A) structure and structure

(B) structure and structure

(C) structure and structure

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

(A) is a keto-enol pair. A hydrogen has moved, so they are tautomers.

(B) differs only in the position of the pi electrons and the negative charge (allyl anion). Resonance contributors.

(C) The second cation is not reached from the first by moving only electrons (a homoallyl cation, with a different arrangement of the atoms).

Only (B).

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