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

A

The different resonting structures of a molecule have fixed arrangement of atomic nuclei .

B

The differnet resonating structures differ in the arrangement of electrons .

C

None of the individual resonating structures explains the verious characteristics of the molecule .

D

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

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