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NCERT Class XI Chemistry The p-Block Elements Solutions
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Consider the compounds, and . How will they behave with water ? Justify.
Solution:
is an electron deficient compound. Also, it has an empty unhybridised p-orbital which can accept electrons. In presence of water, hydrolyses and forms .
But, when is mixed with water, no reaction takes place because carbon neither has any unhybridised, empty p-orbital where it can accommodate electrons from water nor it has empty d-orbital. → No reaction

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