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Draw the structures of the following HClO3.

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The structure of HClO3 (chloric Acid) is shown below. H atom is attached to O atom via a sigma bond. There are two Cl=O double bonds and one ClO single bond. Cl atom has one lone pair and 5 bond pairs of electrons. The geometry around Cl is pyramidal.
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