Consider the compounds, BCI_3 and C Cl_4. How will they behave with wa

1.	Consider the compounds, BCI_3 and C Cl_4. How will they behave with water?
Answer» Answer :`BCl_3` is hydrolysed easily by water to FORM otherboric acid. This is possible because B is ELECTRON deficient and is CAPABLE of ACCEPTING a pair of electron from `H_2O`. `BCl_3 + 3H_2O rarr H_3O_3 + 3HCl`. HOWEVER, `CCl_4` is not hydrolysed by water because carbon in `CCl_4` has eight electrons and it does not have d orbitals to acept electrons from water.

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