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WBJEE · Chemistry · Amines

p-nitro-N, N - dimethylaniline cannot be represented by the resonating structures

  1. A I and II
  2. B II and IV
  3. C I and III
  4. D III and IV
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(B) II and IV

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Both the structures are impossible as \(\mathrm{N}^{\circ}\) is pentavalent and we known that \(\mathrm{N}\) can not expand its valency beyond 4 due to absence of vacant d-orbitals in its valence shell.