Answer:
Applying this same method to the carbonate ion, we have 3 resonance structures with bond orders of 2, 1, 1 when considering the bond between carbon and a single oxygen.
Explanation:
CO32- has three resonating structures. The way to calculate the bond order for most conpounds having resonating structures is:(No.of bonds/No.of resonating structures) Since, CO32- has 4 bonds, Thus answer will be 4/3 or 1.3333..
