Given that the acetate anion has the these equally important resonance structures, what is the bond order of each carbon-oxygen bond?
A) The bond order of all carbon-oxygen bonds is ⅓.
B) The bond order of all carbon-oxygen bonds is ½.
C) The bond order of all carbon-oxygen bonds is 1.0.
D) The bond order of all carbon-oxygen bonds is 1.5.
E) The bond order of one carbon-oxygen bond is 1.0, and the bond order of the other carbon-oxygen is ½.f.
The bond order of all carbon-oxygen bonds is 2.0.
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