Answer to Question #288906 in Organic Chemistry for Kaju

Question

Draw the resonance structures of cyanate ion. Out of them which one is less important

as a resonance structure and why?

Answer 1

O=C=N−↔O−−C≡C−N↔O+≡C−N2− The correct set of oxidation states of O,C and N respectively with the most stable structure out of the above is: (i) −3,+4,−2.