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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

in semicarbazones inspite of having 2 nh2 groups only one nh2 forms semicarbazone???why?why?/??

Profile image of aiswarya rath
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Nikhil Upadhyay
10 Years ago
one of them is involved in bond and the second one for which you are asking is not involved because the lone pair on the other one is involved in resonance.HOpe you understood(SO plz approve)