Q. Which of the following sequence of and is correct for given statements. Here stands for correct and stands for false statement
(i) The more the number of contributing structures, the more is the resonance energy.
(ii) The resonance structures have different positions of nuclei but same number of unpaired electrons
(iii) The energy of actual structure of the molecule (the resonance hybrid) is lower than that of any of the canonical structures.
(iv) Resonance structure is always more stable than the contributing structures.

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Solution:

The resonance structures have same positions of nuclei and same number of unpaired electrons.