Practice

on Resonance Structures - Answers

1. For each of the following draw reasonable resonance structures.




a) O3 O O
O O O O


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b) CH3CNO H 3C C N O H 3C C N O H 3C C N O

very low contributing resonance

H 3C N C O H 3C N C O H 3C N C O
c) CH3NCO





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d) CH3SCN H 3C S C N H 3C S C N H 3C S C N

very low contributing resonance

e) CH3NCS H 3C N C S H 3C N C S H 3C N C S

 2. Draw reasonable resonance structures for each of the following molecular
structures.

a) O C S O C S O C S

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b) N N O N N O N N O

CH 3
CH 3 CH 3
N N C
c) N N C N N C
C CH 3
C CH 3 C CH 3
O
O O

O O O O
O O
d)

O O O O O
e)

O O O O O

O O O O

O O O O
f)

N N N N

O O O O

g)
N N N N N N N N

H H H H

B B B B

h)

N N N N

H H H H

Prepared by Jos Laboy