Hybrid Resonance

[Samantha Burmester 3H]

Hybrid resonance is just when all of the resonance structures have the same formal correct? And if one of the structures has a lower formal charge, it’s just more stable. Is there a specific name for the more stable structure?

[Sara Lakamsani 4D]

I believe it just refers to the actual structure of the molecule which would be a hybrid of all of the resonance structures

[Andreana Vetus 1A]

The resonance hybrid consists of a sort of skeleton of the common features among all the resonance structures. You don't add lone pairs, but you add all other possible dashes, represented as a dotted line.

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Hybrid resonance is just kind of the average of all possible resonance structures.

[Elizabeth Kim 4E]

It's the average of all of the possible resonance structures which determines the structure