Resonance structures are not real. An individual resonance structure does not accurately represent the structure of a molecule or ion. Only the hybrid does. True False

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Marquis Gallagher

1 July, 00:54

Resonance structures are not real. An individual resonance structure does not accurately represent the structure of a molecule or ion. Only the hybrid does. True False

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Resonance is a concept in chemistry that describes bonding in polyatomic molecules or ions whose structure cannot be efficiently described by a single Lewis structure. Individual resonance structures do not actually exist, that is, they are not real. None of the contributing resonance structures can be said to adequately represent the molecule or ion. However, the hybrid of all the possible resonance structures of the molecule or ion gives a holistic representation of the exact structure of the molecule or ion.