What do resonance structures represent?

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What do resonance structures represent?

2007-03-12 14:53:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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They represent Lewis structures that we don't know how to "draw" precisely, but they roughly mean that one of the electrons on the bond is neither one atom's nor the other's. It is "wandering" between both not really belonging to any of them in any certain orbital.

2007-03-12 15:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by kaoue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

What Do Resonance Structures Represent

2016-11-11 00:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by faw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Resonance structures represent our inability to correctly draw Lewis structures that truely represent some molecules and ions.

2007-03-12 15:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

they are different ways to draw lewis structures.

2007-03-12 15:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by matthew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋