ClO3− Draw the molecule by placing atoms on the grid and connecting them with bonds. Include all lone pairs of electrons. Show the formal charges of all nonhydrogen atoms, or use square brackets to denote the overall charge. View Available Hint(s)

The molecule has a formal charge of -1 on all oxygen atoms, and +2 on the Cl atom.

When all the electrons of an atom are shared equally, the charge attained by the atom is known as a formal charge.

The formal charge can be calculated as:

Formal charge = valence electron - non-bonding electron -

In the molecule, the formal charge of Oxygen = -1.

In the molecule, the formal charge of Chlorine = +2

The oxygen atom has 8 electrons, in which 2 are shared in the bond formation, and 6 electrons are valence electrons.

The chlorine atom has 7 valence electrons in which 6 electron pairs are shared with the oxygen atom, and 1 lone pair has been available with Cl.

The structure of molecule has been given in the image attached. The image shows the available lone pairs and the bonding in the structure.

Thus, the molecule has a formal charge of -1 on all oxygen atoms, and +2 on the Cl atom.

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Explanation:

The overall charge on ClO3−  is shown on the image attached to this answer. If we calculate the formal charges on each atom in the structure, we will notice that one oxygen atom has a formal charge of -1 while all other atoms have a formal charge of zero.

This gives the compound an overall charge of -1 as shown in the image attached to this answer. This is the correct Lewis structure for the compound ClO3− .

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