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Which is not hydrolysed?

A
PbCl4
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B
SiCl4
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C
SnCl4
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D
CCl4
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Solution

The correct option is C CCl4
Except CCl4 other tetrachlorides are easily hydrolysed by water because central atom can accomodate the lone pair of electron from oxygen atom of water whereas Cl does not have vacant d-orbitals to accomodate these lone pairs of electrons.

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