Conditions for Resonance: Why Acetamide and Carbonate Matter

The video tutorial explains the concept of resonance in chemistry, focusing on Levy structures and their application to acetamide and carbonate ions. It describes how multiple Levy structures can represent a molecule due to resonance, but these are not real structures. Instead, a resonance hybrid, which is a combination of these structures, represents the true structure. The tutorial also uses the analogy of a mule to explain the hybrid nature of resonance structures.

How do the charges distribute among the oxygen atoms in the carbonate ion?

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Describe the analogy of a resonance hybrid as a mule. What does it represent?

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