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Grade 12th PassOrganic Chemistry

HOW MANY UNPAIRED ELECTRONS ARE THERE IN CO MOLECULE.I HAVE READ THAT NUMBER OF UNPAIRED ELECTONS DO NOT CHANGE IN RESONATING STRUCTURES OF A MOLECULE.....DO ELECTRONS IN PI BOND OF CO MOLECULE OR ANY OTHER MOLECULE ARE CONSIDERED UNPIRED..

BUT CHECK THIS LINK: ,THE NO OF UNPAIRED ELECTONS ARE DIFFERENT. i.e 4,6 ,10 RESPECTIVELY...PLEASE HELP AND PROVIDE THE ENTIRE KEY CONCEPT OF RESONACE ....THANK YOU...

Profile image of SHASHIKANT PRASAD
13 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
13 Years ago

Resonance is a purely quantum mechanical concept. It has no place in classical physics.

Profile image of Monil Shah
13 Years ago

resonance is applied only in covalent bonding case not in coordinate bonding case...

like if answer is good