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saccharin resonance stabilization
« on: March 10, 2006, 02:24:32 PM »
Is the below pictrue the correct resonance structure of saccharin?  Thanks in advance!

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Re:saccharin resonance stabilization
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2006, 02:41:19 PM »
There are other resonance structures you can draw which delocalize the lone pair to the oxygens connected to the sulfur and to the aromatic ring.

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Re:saccharin resonance stabilization
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2006, 02:53:56 PM »
hm i dont see how the structure would look if it was delocalized to the aromatic ring...  ???

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