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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

$(1) B C l_{3} + 3 H_{2} O \to H_{3} {BO}_{3} + 3 H C l (2) {SiCl}_{4} + 4 H_{2} O \to {SiO}_{4} H_{4} + 4 HCl (3) {PCl}_{5} + H_{2} O \to {POCl}_{3} + 2 HCl$
(4) Due to steric crowding by six F-atoms, SF₆ is inert towards hydrolysis.

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