Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
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Chapter 8, Problem 75GQ
The cyanate ion, OCN−, has the least electronegative atom, C, in the center. The unstable fulminate ion, CNO−, has the same molecular formula, but the N atom is in the center.
- (a) Draw the three possible resonance structures of CNO−.
- (b) On the basis of formal charges, decide on the resonance structure with the most reasonable distribution of charge
- (c) Mercury fulminate is so unstable it is used in blasting caps for dynamite. Can you offer an explanation for this instability? (Hint: Are the formal charges in any resonance structure reasonable in view of the relative electronegativities of the atoms?)
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