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Evan Holbrook
Nov 23, 2017

No.

Explanation:

https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/chemistry-acs-review/deck/6237867

As you can see from its Lewis structure above, there are no other places for the double bonds between Silicon and Oxygen to go.

A molecule that does have resonance structures, however, is #NO_3^-# because there are multiple places for the double bond to be between the Nitrogen and Oxygen:

http://apchemrev.wikispaces.com/Valence+Bond+Theory-+orbitals%3B+resonance%3B+sigma+and+pi+bonds

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