Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.51P

Which statements are true about resonance contributing structures?

  1. (a) All contributing structures must have the same number of valence electrons.
  2. (b) All contributing structures must have the same arrangement of atoms.
  3. (c) All atoms in a contributing structure must have complete valence shells.
  4. (d) All bond angles in sets of contributing structures must be the same.
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