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The correct statement(s) about compounds of the p-block elements is/are
- A. is hydrolysed by water to give and
- B. Solid consists of and ions
- C. is a stronger Lewis acid than because of the higher electronegativity of fluorine
- D. is a stronger Lewis base than
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Answer: A
A: In the oxygen of water attacks the chlorine atoms (which carry the partial positive character in this hydrolysis), while the nitrogen, using its lone pair, is protonated; nitrogen therefore ends up as and chlorine as HOCl: . Correct. B: Solid is ionic, with tetrahedral cation and octahedral anion; the charges in the statement are reversed, so B is wrong. C: The Lewis acidity of boron halides increases , because the - back-donation from F into the empty boron orbital is strongest in and reduces its acidity; C is wrong. D: The electronegative fluorines in pull electron density away from the lone pair and the dipoles oppose it, so is a much weaker Lewis base than ; D is wrong. Answer: A only.
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