Draw contributing resonance structures and a hybrid resonance structure that explain two related facts: the carbon-oxygen bond

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Draw contributing resonance structures and a hybrid resonance structure that explain two related facts: the carbon-oxygen bond distances in the acetate ion are the same, and the oxygen's of the acetate ion bear equal negative charges.
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118133576

11th edition

Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder

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