Resonance Structures

[Keshav Bhatnagar 1H]

If resonance structures are supposed to be more stable, why don't we see more molecules in a resonance form in nature?

[Andrewwiner4D]

First elements do not have a resonance, molecules do. Second, in nature molecules will go to the lowest energy state which involves (for our proposes) looking at formal charge.

[danicatran4]

In nature, you would see a resonance hybrid- a blending of the different lewis resonance structures. This is representative of the different places electrons can be.