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NCERT Class XI Chemistry The p-Block Elements Solutions

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Question : 4 of 38
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Consider the compounds, BCl3BCl_3 and CCl4CCl_4. How will they behave with water ? Justify.
Solution:  
BCl3BCl_3 is an electron deficient compound. Also, it has an empty unhybridised p-orbital which can accept electrons. In presence of water, BCl3BCl_3 hydrolyses and forms B(OH)3B(OH)_3.
But, when CCl4CCl_4 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.
CCl4+H2OCCl_4+H_2O → No reaction
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