Resonance average bond order (Average bond order = total bond count distributed over equivalent links)
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Average bond order = total bond count distributed over equivalent links
When to use this
e.g. O₃: total π bonding over two O–O positions → BO_avg 1.5 for each; CO₃²⁻ C–O 4/3.