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Assertion- CO2 is resonance stabilized molecule. Reason- Bond length of C-O in CO2 is intermediate of single and double Bond length.

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C O_{2}

is a resonance stabilized molecule.
Reason: The bond length of

C - O

C O_{2}

is in between the lengths of a single and a double bond.

Q. (A) : The C, C bond length in benzene is intermediate between C, C single bond length and C, C double bond length.
(R) : Benzene molecule exhibits resonance.

C O_{2}

is a resonance stabilized molecule.
Reason: The bond length of

C - O

C O_{2}

is in between the lengths of a single and a double bond.

Q. Cyclobutadiene (below) is like benzene in that it has alternating single and double bonds in a ring. However, its bonds are not same length, double bonds being shorter than the single bonds; the molecule is rectangular, not square. Explain why it would be incorrect to write resonance structures as shown.

Q. Assertion :Benzene

(C_{6} H_{6})

can be drawn as a series of resonance structures.
Reason: Its bonds are a hybrids of single and double bond character.

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