Organic Chemistry As a Second Language, 3e: First Semester Topics

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Chapter 2 - Resonance - 2.7 Drawing Resonance Structures - By Recognizing Patterns - Problems - Page 47: 2.59

Answer

There will be only one other ressonance structure. It will follow the second pattern. - There will be a pi bond between the oxygen and the positive carbon. - The carbon will lost its positive charge. - The oxygen will get a positive charge.

Work Step by Step

1. Draw the lone pairs. 2. Find which pattern does that structure fits. It is the second one, a lone pair (from the oxygen) next to a positive charge. 3. Draw the arrows: Follow the pattern for a lone pair next to a positive charge. One lone pair from the oxygen will move to form a pi bond between it and the positive carbon. 4. Do the changes based on the arrows. * Don't forget the formal charges!
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