sblock Elements 2 Question 20
22. Give reasons for the following in one or two sentences only : " $\mathrm{BeCl} _{2}$ can be easily hydrolysed."
(1999, 2M)
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Solution:
- Be in $\mathrm{BeCl} _{2}$ is electron deficient, short of two lone pair of electrons from stable octet. $\mathrm{H} _{2} \mathrm{O}$ has lone pair of electrons, reacts with $\mathrm{BeCl} _{2}$.
