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In this question we've been asked to determine the formal charge and the overall charge on the given species.
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So for the first one, we are looking at perchlorate.
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So for the chlorate, we've got the cl and four oxygen atoms.
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And each oxygen atom, it has three long pair of electrons.
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And each has a formal charge of negative 1.
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As for, the central chlorine atom, this has a positive.
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Charge.
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So the overall charge on this species, this is going to be 3 multiplied by negative 1 plus this is actually 4 multiplied by negative 1.
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We've got 4 oxygen atoms plus positive 3 which gives us an overall charge of negative 1.
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Then looking at the second species which is trimethyl amine oxide...