NCERT Exercise 4.12 - Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Question: Can the two shown structures of H3PO3 be canonical resonance forms?

Answer: No. They differ in the positions of hydrogen atoms, so they are different structures, not resonance forms. In resonance, atomic positions remain fixed and only electron distribution changes.

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