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Homework Statement
In the perchlorate atom I understand that there is a tetrahedral electron cloud arrangement around Chlorine, but I am still unclear has to how to draw the hybrid orbital for the Chlorine when it does not have any lone pairs?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I have to tried draw it the orbitals but they never seem quite right, and then I am told that the two double bonds are a sigma and a pi bond which then makes me change the picture again, then I get really confused.