True / False

State True or False. The reason for resonance is delocalisation of $$\pi$$ -electrons.

Solution

The reason for the resonance is delocalisation of $$\pi$$- electrons in molecule or polyatomic ions where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis formula.
So answer is A.

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