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Group16 or Oxygen family
Question

Among the following, the number halide(s) which is / are inert to hydrolysis is ______.

(i) BCl3                 (ii) SiCl4                  (iii)  PCl5                 (iv) SF6

Moderate
Solution

(1) BCl3+3H2OH3BO3+3HCl (2) SiCl4+4H2OSiO4H4+4HCl (3) PCl5+H2OPOCl3+2HCl

(4) Due to steric crowding by six F-atoms, SF6 is inert towards hydrolysis. 

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