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'delocalized'
what does it mean when resonance structures are 'delocalized'? I keep hearing the word thrown around and I just need some clarification on what it means.
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Re: 'delocalized'
delocalized electrons are electrons in a molecule that aren't associated with a single atom or a covalent bond. this means they can switch between bonds/atoms like when we were looking at the resonance structures and he said that the molecule could be either or versions.
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Re: 'delocalized'
I always interpret this to mean that the electrons have a less precise location. Because they have multiple "possible" locations, we can't assign them a particular place in the octet or to a particular bond, so they are delocalized. The effect of this is that they create more stable bonds.
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Re: 'delocalized'
Since we don't know where electrons are exactly due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, when electrons are "delocalized" they are spread out across the entire molecule.
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Re: 'delocalized'
'Delocalized' electrons are electrons that have more fluidity in the atom because they are not bonded and are in different positions in a set of resonance structures.
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