Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Resonance
hybrid:
A weighted average of all
significant resonance contributors
depicting the true electronic
structure
of a
molecule
.
Resonance contributors
for
acetate ion
. The first two
contributors
have no
resonance contributor preference rule
violations, so these are
significant resonance contributors
and are included when constructing the
resonance
hybrid. The third contributor violates three
resonance contributor preference rules
, so this contributor is not
significant
, and is not considered when constructing the hybrid.
Resonance
hybrid for
acetate ion
.
Related terms:
Organic chemistry arrows
,
δ
+
,
δ
-
,
partial pi bond
,
electron delocalization
,
conjugation
,
aromaticity
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