Q.
Which of the following cannot act as Lewis acid ?
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a
CCl4
b
SiCl4
c
GeF4
d
None
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
In CCl4 the certral atom carbon can't acts as lewis acid, due to lack of empty d-orbitals in its valency shell→ Where as in remaining tetrahalides [SiCl4,GeF4,SnCl4] the central atom cantains empty d-orbital in their valency shell and hence they can accept the electron pair from lewis bases and shows lewis acidic character
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