The members of group 14 form tetrahalides of the type MX4. Which of the following halides cannot be readily hydrolysed by water?

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The members of group 14 form tetrahalides of the type MX4. Which of the following halides cannot be readily hydrolysed by water? (A) CX4 (B) SiX4 (C) GeX4 (D) SnX4

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Except carbon halides, other halides are readily hydrolysed by water. In CCl4, the central atom cannot accommodate lone pair of electrons from oxygen atom of water molecule due to absence of d-orbitals.

Q. The members of group $14$ form tetrahalides of the type $M X_{4}$ . Which of the following halides cannot be readily hydrolysed by water?

$C X_{4}$

$S i X_{4}$

$G e X_{4}$

$S n X_{4}$

Except carbon halides, other halides are readily hydrolysed by water. In $CC l_{4}$ , the central atom cannot accommodate lone pair of electrons from oxygen atom of water molecule due to absence of $d$ -orbitals.

Q. The members of group 14 form tetrahalides of the type MX4​. Which of the following halides cannot be readily hydrolysed by water?

CX4​

SiX4​

GeX4​

SnX4​