QuestionChemical bonding / resonance and formal charge
Which one of the following is not a resonance structure of thiocyanate (SCN⁻)?

- (a) :S̈=C=N̈:⁻ (S=C double, C=N double, formal charge −1 on N)
- (b) :S̈:⁻—C≡N: (S–C single, C≡N triple, formal charge −1 on S)
- (c) :S⁺≡C—N̈:²⁻ (S≡C triple, C–N single, +1 on S and −2 on N)
- (d) S²⁻—C=N̈:⁻ (S–C single, C=N double, −2 on S and −1 on N)
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