Materials Data on KClO3 by Materials Project
KClO3 is Potassium chlorate structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. K is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.86–3.18 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent K and one Cl atom. The O–Cl bond length is 1.51 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded to three equivalent K and one Cl atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OK3Cl tetrahedra. The O–Cl bond length is 1.51 Å. Cl is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three O atoms.