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canonical form

 
   
One of two or more resonance structures proposed for a chemical species (e.g. see the diagram at Kekulé structure for benzene). Each canonical form necessarily involves two-centre, two-electron bonds. This model has been superseded by structures based on delocalization.  

 

 

 
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