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My book says benzoic acid can`t go resonance due to steric reasons? So is the resonance possible shown above?

My book says benzoic acid can`t go resonance due to steric reasons? So is the resonance possible shown above?

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Grade:12th pass

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SAI SARDAR
1700 Points
8 years ago
Yes,resonance is possible and aromatic carboxylic acids are involved in electrophilic substitution reactions.There is resonance for positive charge in ortho and para positions.

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