Question

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE :

"Canonical structures of similar energy contribute equally to the resonance hybrid. However, the structure with higher energy is less stable and makes lesser contribution to the resonance hybrid."

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Answer 1

Answer:

It is saying that since the canonical structure is having similar energy with resonance hybrid therefore there is no overload of sort so their energy is stable but when a structure has higher energy it's balance with the resonance hybrid becomes unstable and therefore they do not support the hybrid much unlike when they were stable.