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Compared with any one of its contributing canonical structures, the resonance hybrid is

  1. ALess stable
  2. BLess stable only if the canonical forms are equivalent
  3. CMore stable
  4. DEqually stable

Answer: C

Delocalisation of electrons lowers the energy of the hybrid below that of any individual canonical form. The difference is the resonance energy.
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