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Treatment of indene with `NaNH_(2)` forms its conjugate base in a Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reaction. Draw all reasonable resonance structures for indene's conjugate base and explain why the `pK_(a)` of indene is lower than the `pK_(a)` of most hydrocarbons.

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Conjugated base of indene's is armatic, so its `pK_(a)` decreases.
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