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What is meant by resonance and resonance structures?
Asked by | 15 Aug, 2008, 07:04: PM
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When more than one Lewis structure can be drawn, the molecule or ion is said to have resonance.  The individual Lewis structures are termed contributing resonance structures. Resonance is a common feature of many molecules and ions of interest in organic chemistry.

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