Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780321811059
Author: Gary L. Miessler, Paul J. Fischer, Donald A. Tarr
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.4P

Three isomers having the formula N2CO are known: ONCN (nitrosyl cyanide). ONNC(nitrosylisocyanide), and NOCN (isonitrosyl cyanide). Draw the most important resonancestructures of these isomers, and determine the formal charges. Which isomer do you predict tobe the most stable (lowest energy) form? (See G. Maier, H. P. Reinsenauer, J. Eckwert, M.Naumann. M. De Marco,Angew. Chem., mt. Ed., 1997, 36, 1707.)

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