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6) Draw the conjugate acid of the compound shown below. Show how the conjugate acid is stabilized by delocalization/resonance
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HO I 7 - CH3 CH3 CH These are methylene protons, which are more acidic in nature. СН3 CHE CH₂7) methylene protons are bonded to the carbon, which inturn is connected to two strong electron withdrawing keto groups.

After the loss of one proton the formed negative charge is in conjugation with two keto groups and develops two resonance structures.

1 &2 in the structure represents the direction of conjugation.

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