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13th group or boron group
Question

How many of the following are inert to hydrolysis

BF3, SiCl4,PCl5,SF6

Moderate
Solution

Boron tri flouride is inert to hydrolysis due to the concept of Back bonding, where B-F gains partial double bond charecter due to the donation of p-orbital electrons of flourine to the vacant orbital of boron, the concept of back bonding.

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