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The charges appear to be incorrect. The terminal nitrogen could never have a positive charge, unless my understanding of this reaction is incredibly wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.90.172 (talk) 01:14, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply
No, in one of the resonance structures for a diazo compound nitrogen can have a positive charge but the image has been redrawn according to ref 1. V8rik (talk) 20:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)Reply