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There are a few rules to determine the most contributing resonant structure, and those are resonance structure.
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We want to have the lowest formal charges, so 1 plus and 1 minus is better than 2 plus and 2 minus.
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We want to have formal charges close to each other, so we don't want to have.
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We want a plus one on one side of the molecule in a minus one way on the other side.
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And we want the negative formal charge on the more electronegative atom.
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So in looking at the first set, we've got ch3, c, o, and we've got a plus one and a minus one.
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And then we've got ch3cno.
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And we've got a minus one and a plus one.
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So in this one we have a negative formal charge on carbon.
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And in this one we have a negative formal charge on oxygen.
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Oxygen is more electronegative...