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Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements concerning the structures below is/are true? Formal charges are not shown.
You can select more than one, or none, of these statements.
H
A
H
H-CN Cy
―N=Cy―0
H-Cx-NC,=0:
H
H
B
In structure B, the formal charge of N is +1.
The oxidation state of N is different for each structure.
Structures B and C are nonequivalent resonance structures.
In structure C, the formal charge of O is -1.
On the basis of formal charges, structure B is more important than structure A.
The total charge on this species is -1.
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