which of the following tetra halides is not hydrolysed by water ?
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a
CCl4
b
SiCl4
c
GeCl4
d
PbCl4
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
d-orbitals are absent at carbon in CCl4, where as other tetrachlorides are easily hydrolysedby water because the central atom can accommodate the lone pair of electrons fromoxygen atom of water molecule in d orbital.