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What is meant by canonicial structure in chemistry? |
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Answer» istry, resonance or mesomerism[1] is a way of describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules or polyatomic ions where the BONDING cannot be expressed by one SINGLE Lewis STRUCTURE. A molecule or ion with such delocalized electrons is represented by SEVERAL contributing structures[2] (also called resonance structures or canonical structures). |
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