Which of the following does not act as Lewis acid?

Question

Which of the following does not act as Lewis acid? (A) BF 3 (B) SnCl 4 (C) CCl 4 (D) SF 3

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Lewis acids are those molecules which can accept electron pair and those who can donate electron pairs are called Lewis base.
CCl₄ molecule does not have any vacant orbital where it can accept pair of electrons so CCl₄ cannot act as Lewis acid.

Q. Which of the following does not act as Lewis acid?

$B F_{3}$

$S n C l_{4}$

$CC l_{4}$

$S F_{3}$

Lewis acids are those molecules which can accept electron pair and those who can donate electron pairs are called Lewis base.
CCl₄ molecule does not have any vacant orbital where it can accept pair of electrons so CCl₄ cannot act as Lewis acid.

Q. Which of the following does not act as Lewis acid?

BF3​

SnCl4​

CCl4​

SF3​

Lewis acids are those molecules which can accept electron pair and those who can donate electron pairs are called Lewis base. CCl4 molecule does not have any vacant orbital where it can accept pair of electrons so CCl4 cannot act as Lewis acid.

$B F_{3}$

$S n C l_{4}$

$CC l_{4}$

$S F_{3}$

Lewis acids are those molecules which can accept electron pair and those who can donate electron pairs are called Lewis base.
CCl₄ molecule does not have any vacant orbital where it can accept pair of electrons so CCl₄ cannot act as Lewis acid.