Two structures can be drawn for cyanuric acid:

a. Are these two structures the same molecule? Why or why not?
b. Give the hybridization of the carbon and nitrogen atoms in each structure.
c. Use bond energies (Table) to predict which form is more stable; that is, which contains the strongest bonds?
Table

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0 H I O-H s | 14 39 95 45 72 1 1419 6847064968 77386 42222 34 985 0302 121 Si H C O 437 490 9 31222241122 122221 25735 375859609 1 34322