Do you thinkthat anhydrousand hydrous aluminium chloridewill have differentsolubilitiesis diethyl either ? Comment .

Do you thinkthat anhydrousand hydrous aluminium chloridewill have diff

1.	Do you thinkthat anhydrousand hydrous aluminium chloridewill have differentsolubilitiesis diethyl either ? Comment .
Answer» Solution :ANHYD. `AlCl_(3)` is an electron-deficientcompoundwhilehydrated`AlCl_(3)`is not. Therefore,anhyd. `AlCl_(3)` is more solublein diethyl etherbecausethe OXYGEN atomof etherdonatesa pair of electrons to the vacent p-orbital on the Al atom in `AlCl_(3)` FORMING a coordinatebond. In case of HYDRATED `AlCl_(3)` , Al is not electrondeficientsince `H_(2)O` has already donateda pair of electron to it.