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Resonance structures highlight a limitation of Lewis structures, which depict molecules with fixed single, double, or triple bonds. In reality, these multiple bonds are averaged across the molecule, resulting in bond orders like 1 1/2 or 1 1/3 instead of discrete bonds. This reflects the true nature of electron distribution in such molecules.
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Resonance structures demonstrate one of the weakn.pdf
- 1. Resonance structures demonstrate one of the weaknesses of the Lewis structure. Molecules represented by a the Lewis structure either have single bonds, double bonds, or triple bonds. The multiple bonds can sometimes be drawn in more than one place. In reality, the multiple bond is averaged out over the molecule, so that all of the atoms may have a 1 1/2 bond or a 1 1/3 bond rather than a single or a double bond. Solution Resonance structures demonstrate one of the weaknesses of the Lewis structure. Molecules represented by a the Lewis structure either have single bonds, double bonds, or triple bonds. The multiple bonds can sometimes be drawn in more than one place. In reality, the multiple bond is averaged out over the molecule, so that all of the atoms may have a 1 1/2 bond or a 1 1/3 bond rather than a single or a double bond.