Questions: Draw the resulting resonance structure.

Transcript text: Draw the resulting resonance structure.

Solution

Step 1: Identify the movement of electrons

The curved arrow shows the movement of the pi electrons from the double bond to the adjacent carbon-oxygen bond.

Step 2: Draw the resulting structure

The movement of electrons generates a negative charge on the oxygen atom and a positive charge on the carbon atom.

The resulting resonance structure is:

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C(+)=C-C ..

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