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In the given resonating structures, which one is called resonance hybrid?

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

The ozone, $O _{3}$ molecule can be equally represented by the structures I and II shown below. In both structures, we have a $O - O$ single bond
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Structures $I$ and $II$ represents the two canonical forms while the structure $III$ is the resonance hybrid.