Resonance vs Resonance hybrid?

[andrea tarelo 3e]

Hello everyone!
Dr. Lavelle mentioned resonance and resonance hybrid but I didn't understand what was the difference between the two? I understand that resonance is the blending of structures but I don't know if resonance hybrid has something to do with that as well or if it is different?

[Sristi Palimar 2E]

Resonance occurs because some lewis structures have multiple bonds in different equivalent locations, however, the true structure of the atom exists as a blend of these possible lewis structures. Therefore, an atom can be said to have resonance, and that its real structure is a resonance hybrid.

[Sujin Lim 1H]

To add on, the different Lewis structures that a molecule can have are called resonance structures, so essentially you would be taking the average of all those resonance structures to get the resonance hybrid!

[Kayla Arellano 1K]

Hello everyone!
Dr. Lavelle mentioned resonance and resonance hybrid but I didn't understand what was the difference between the two? I understand that resonance is the blending of structures but I don't know if resonance hybrid has something to do with that as well or if it is different?

Resonance structures represent the different lewis structures with the same arrangement of atoms but different arrangement of electrons, whereas hybrid resonance represents the delocalized electrons and takes the average of the bond character of the resonance structures.

[Allison Peng 1D]

I believe a resonance hybrid structure is just a drawing of all the resonance structures together, such as benzene with the "ring" in the center to represent 3 delocalized electron pairs as opposed to the 2 separate resonance lewis diagrams.

[Jaylin Hsu 1C]

Hi yes. So, to add to the answers already present, one way to identify resonance hybrids is by the dotted lines in their structures. These represent possible places where the bonds could exist in the different equivalent locations.

[andrea tarelo 3e]

Oh that makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much everyone!