Question 24

A medicinal chemist is exploring halogenated aromatic compounds as potential precursors for drug molecules. In one experiment she attempts bromination of the substituted aromatic ring shown below in the presence of acetic acid, a typical aromatic electrophilic substitution condition.

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The chemist proposed an intermediate for the above reaction with the following resonance structures. Which of the following structures contributes the most to the stability of the intermediate

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