The chlorine nitrate molecule (ClONO2) is believed to be involved in the destruction of ozone in the Antarctic stratosphere. Draw a plausible Lewis structure for this molecule. (Assign radical electrons, lone pairs, and atomic charges as appropriate.)

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In this case, for the Lewis dot structure of this compound, we must realize nitrogen has five valence electrons, oxygen six valence electrons and chlorine seven valence electrons, that is why this molecule's Laws structure similar to that of the nitric acid (HNO3) in which the nitrogen has an overpassed octet as well as one of the oxygens as shown on the attached picture. That is why this molecule is highly reactive, because of the positive charge at the central N and the negative one at one of the oxygen atoms. There you can also see the nine lone pairs along the molecule.

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