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

Options

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 .

Answer

D

Explanation

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 .