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Which of the following statements regarding the concept of resonance is not correct?

A

The different resonating structure of a molecule have fixed arrangement of atomic nuclei

B

The different resonating structures differ in the arrangement of electrons.

C

None of the individual resonating structure explains the various characteristics of the molecule.

D

The hybrid structure have equal contribution from all the resonating structures.

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The correct Answer is:
D
Statement `(d)` is wrong because resonating structures have different stabilities and, therefore, their contributions to the hybrid structrue are different.
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