How do you draw the Lewis Structures of each of the following acids? These structures, like most acids, have each H attached to one of the oxygens.

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#H_2SO_4#
#HIO_2#

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-22T18:43:05

You have #"iodous and sulfuric acids"#.

Sulfuric acid is easy: #HO-S(=O)_2(OH)#, we have a #S(VI+)# oxidation state. Alternatively, I could represent this as #HO-""^(2+)S(-O)_2^(-)(OH)#.

For #"iodous acid"# I have a formal #I^(III+)# oxidation state:

#O=I-OH#

This is an unstable beasty, and I don't think it has ever been isolated.