page_title: Resonance (chemistry)
hierarchical_section_title: Resonance (chemistry)
caption_attribution_description: Resonance structures of the carbonate ion, CO32−. No one of these three structures accurately represents the structure of carbonate, since in reality all three C-O bonds are the same length and the charge on all three oxygens is the same.
context_page_description: In chemistry, resonance is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or ions by the combination of several contributing structures into a resonance hybrid in valence bond theory. It has particular value for describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules or polyatomic ions where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis structure.
context_section_description: In chemistry, resonance is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory. It has particular value for describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules or polyatomic ions where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis structure.
caption: Contributing structures of the carbonate ion
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