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12.11     Draw the resonance structures for the following compounds. Show the electron shift using curved-arrow notation.

                   (c)CH_{3}CH=CHCHO

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The resonating structure of the But-2-ene-1-al-
Here the \pielectrons of C-O bonds shifts to Oxygen atom (more electronegative) and then the \pi electron of carbon-carbon double bonds starts shifting towards the next C-Cbond, introducing a partial double bond character.

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