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Pyrrolopyridines are a group of fused heterocycles where a pyrrole ring is fused with a pyridine ring. Nitration of the following pyrrolopyridine produces the 7-nitro product while the 5-nitro product is not seen. Draw resonance structures to show why the 5-nitro product is not formed. (Hint: Draw 5 resonance structures).