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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

Statement 1: The resonance structure placing the negative charge on the carbonyl oxygen and positive charge on the hydroxyl oxygen (of protonated formic acid, H–C(–O⁻)=OH⁺) is more stable than the alternative with positive charge on carbon. Statement 2: A species in which the positive and negative charges reside on the most electropositive and most electronegative atoms, respectively, is more stable.

Answer: (A)

Solution

Placing opposite formal charges on the atoms best suited to bear them (negative charge on the most electronegative atom, positive charge on the least electronegative/most

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