Extraction of Metals - Result Question 74
####77. Which of the two, anhydrous or hydrated
(2003)
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Solution:
- Anhydrous
is more soluble in diethyl ether as the oxygen atom of ether donate its lone-pair of electrons to the vacant orbital of in electron deficient . In case of hydrated is not electron deficient as oxygen of water molecule has already donated its lone-pair of electrons to compensate electron deficiency of Al.