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Explain the important aspects of resonance with reference to the ion.

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According to experimental findings, all carbon to oxygen bonds inare equivalent. Hence, it is inadequate to represention by a single Lewis structure having two single bonds and one double bond.

Therefore, carbonate ion is described as a resonance hybrid of the following structures:


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