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Lewis structure for ClO3^-

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|dw:1331002706209:dw| is the basic skeleton, including the ionic charge. The brackets contain the charge. Next thing to do is consider the amount of available electrons. Each oxygen brings 6 e-'s to play and the chlorine has 7 e-'s, The ionic nature adds a e-. so we have 6*3+7+1=26e-'s. so distribute them.

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