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Which of the following is hypovalent species ?

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a

AlF3

b

SiCl4

c

AlCl3

d

SF4

answer is C.

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Hypovaient term is used for covalent molecular species, .'. AlF3 is not hypovalent because it is ionic, SiCl4 is not hypovalent because its C.A having 8 electron, SF4 is not hypovalent because its C.A having 10 electron. AlCl3 is hypovalent having 6 electron at C.A and it is covalent compound.
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Which of the following is hypovalent species ?