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Understanding resonance is a key concept to understanding the different ways a molecule can exist, simultaneously. How many resonance structures does the following molecule have: O3

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The definition of resonance is already well explained in the question, even though we have a good knowledge of the theory of how a molecule can be represented, in practice things might be different, this is why resonance is a representation of molecules that could have different structures. Ozone (O3) for example has 2 resonance structures.

Understanding resonance is a key concept to understanding the different ways a molecule-example-1
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