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Offline fatghost13

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OZONE Problem
« on: May 21, 2013, 11:27:21 AM »
There are some questions that need to help  :-[
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I would like to know which oxygen atom(s) should be electrophilic and should will be nucleophilic.
In the meantime , why one of these labeled electrophilic cannot participate in actual reaction?

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Re: OZONE Problem
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2013, 12:07:56 PM »
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Re: OZONE Problem
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 01:27:39 PM »
Also, where did you get this diagram?   You see, the last time you asked about ozone, here: http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=68279.msg246076#msg246076, I linked you to WIkipedia, here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone#Structure  Which doesn't have the alternate resonance structures your image has.
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Re: OZONE Problem
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2013, 04:10:57 PM »
Note that resonance structures III and IV do not satisfy the octet rule, and are therefore rejected.

Note also that the two peripheral O atoms are equivalent, and since the central oxygen bears the positive formal charge in the two resonance structure, we conclude that the central oxygen is electrophilic and the other two oxygen atoms are nucleophilic.

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