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SiCl4 is easily hydrolysed but CCl4is not |
| Answer» \tCCl4 doesnot undergo hydrolysis by water because the carbon atom is small and is shielded by larger chlorine atoms.\tCarbon does not have 3d atomic orbitals that water can use to form co-ordinate bonds.\tIn SiCl4, the silicon atom is larger than the carbon atom and also has available 3d atomic orbitals for bonding, thus hydrolysis is possible. | |