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The energy of a resonance hybrid, compared with the energy of its most stable contributing structure, is

Alower
Bequal to the average of all contributors
Cequal
Dhigher

Answer: A

Delocalisation always lowers the energy. The hybrid is more stable than every individual contributor, including the most stable one. The difference is the resonance energy.

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