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if bond order=total no. of bonds / resonating structures..................then if resonating structu

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if bond order=total no. of bonds / resonating structures..................then if resonating structures are 0, then?

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18 Mar 2010 21:46:01 IST

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how can resonating structures be 0. the original structure is counted in the no. of resonating structures

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18 Mar 2010 22:25:03 IST

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If there are no structures how can you count number of bonds. In general there will be atleast two resonating structures (If there is resonance).One more thing - this formulae is applicable when all the resonating structures are of same energy.

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