Draw the resonance structures for the following compounds. Show the electron shift using curved-arrow notation.

(a) C₆H₅OH (b) C₆H₅NO₂ (c) CH₃CH = CH – CHO

(d) C₆H₅CHO (e) (f)

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Solution

(a) The structure of C₆H₅OH is:

The resonating structures of phenol are represented as:

(b) The structure of C₆H₅NO₂ is:

The resonating structures of nitro benzene are represented as:

(c) CH₃CH = CH – CHO

The resonating structures of the given compound are represented as:

(d) The structure of C₆H₅CHO is:

The resonating structures of benzaldehyde are represented as:

(e) C₆H₅CH₂^⊕

The resonating structures of the given compound are:

(f) CH₃CH = CH CH₂^⊕

The resonating structures of the given compound are:

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