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 Resonance Structures of Benzene
 Resonance
 structures or contributing structures
 = when two or more structure can be
 drawn for a compound.  
In thiscase, the real structure is something between the proposed structures.  Textbook, page 90-91. 
 
  
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
 