Answer to Question #122886 in General Chemistry for ashley

Question

1. Draw complete Lewis structures for two symmetrical, non-cyclic isomers of C2N2.
2. Determine the most stable isomer of the pair. Explain your choice with a written argument based on charge
separation.
3. Neither isomer has resonance structures. Convince yourselves of this fact and explain why.
4. There is an isomer that has resonance structures. Draw the Lewis structure for this isomer and one of its
resonance structures. Add formal charges to each atom of each resonance structure.
5. Pick one resonance structure in question 4 and label the actual geometry and hybridization of each atom.
6. Is the isomer from question 4/5 more or less stable than the one in question 2? Give three reasons for your
relative stability determination with reference to both isomers.

Answer 1

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