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  4. Assertion: The following structures (I) and (II) cannot be the major contributors to the real structure of CH3COOCH3. <img class=img-fluid question-image alt=image src=https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/306fa53efa08e45f40509dfce6cb9579-.png /> Reason: Both the structures involve charge separation and structure (I) contains a carbon atom with an incomplete octet.

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Q. Assertion : The following structures $(I)$ and $(II)$ cannot be the major contributors to the real structure of $CH_{3}COOCH_{3}$.
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Reason : Both the structures involve charge separation and structure $(I)$ contains a carbon atom with an incomplete octet.

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Solution:

The both structure have charge separation so they are not the major contributor to the real structure of $CH _{3}- \overset{\underset{||}{O}}{C} - O - CH _{3}$ and II is giving more contribution than I because I have a carbon atom with incomplete octet image