Among the following the maximum covalent character is shown by the compound
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a
FeCl2
b
SnCl2
c
AlCl3
d
MgCl2
answer is C.
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Covalent character is favoured by Fajans' rule.(i) Larger the charge on the ions.(ii)Smaller the size of cations,(iii)Larger the size of anions(iv) Cation with 18-electron structure e.g., Cu+, then larger the polarizing power and the covalent character is favoured. In all the given compounds, anion is same Cl−, hence polarizing power is decided by size and charge of cation. Al3+ with maximum charge and smallest size has maximum polarizing power hence, AlCl3 has maximum covalent character.