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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTEasy2 minQB
ChemistryEasysingle choice

Which of the following pairs are resonance structures of each other ?

(I) structure ⟷ structure

(II) structure ⟷ structure

(III) structure ⟷ structure

(IV) structure ⟷ structure

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

(I) two Kekule forms : resonance. (IV) allyl cation, only electrons move : resonance.

(II) is a keto-enol pair (a hydrogen has moved), a tautomer pair. (III) the diradical has a different number of unpaired electrons and is not a contributor.

Answer : I, IV.

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