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Stalevo is the trade name for a medication used for Parkinson’s disease, which contains bo...

Stalevo is the trade name for a medication used for Parkinson’s disease, which contains both L- dopa and entacapone.

a.  Draw a Lewis structure for entacapone.

b. Which C-C bond in entacapone is the longest?


c. Which C-C single bond is the shortest?


 d. Which C-N bond is the longest?


 e. Which C-N bond is the shortest?


f. Use curved arrows to draw a resonance structure that is an equal contributor to the resonance hybrid.


g. Use curved arrows to draw a resonance structure that is a minor contributor to the resonance hybrid.

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