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Title: Are Insignificant Resonance Structures "Major resonance contributors"?
Post by: stopkillingme21 on September 04, 2017, 02:40:32 PM

Title says it all. I'm working on a worksheet that has the following prompt: "Draw, using curved arrow notation, all of the major resonance contributors of the following species."

Title: Re: Are Insignificant Resonance Structures "Major resonance contributors"?
Post by: sjb on September 04, 2017, 04:22:29 PM

Define major and insignificant.

Title: Re: Are Insignificant Resonance Structures "Major resonance contributors"?
Post by: Babcock_Hall on September 05, 2017, 04:32:05 PM

I don't see a bright line between minor forms that are significant versus minor forms that are insignificant.  If you are trying to complete an assignment, perhaps you could indicate that a particular resonance form is minor.