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Topic: I took 2 different routes with this, leading to 5 different resonance structures  (Read 698 times)

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Offline OfficialAnu

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Are they right? I checked my answer with a software the generates resonance forms and it produced all forms except B and C.


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Though B and C are technically possible, they have 3 separate charges. They will therefore be much less stable than the forms with only 1 charge, and contribute negligibly to the resonance. Normally you would not include such structures when asked for the resonance forms of a molecule/ion.

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