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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

has an odd-electron bond. How many electrons are involved in the (special) – bond?

Answer: 3

Solution

has an odd total of 19 valence electrons, so a normal electron-pair (2-electron) bonding scheme cannot be written for both – linkages; one of the resonance – bonds instead carries an extra, unpaired electron,

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