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NTA Abhyas 2020
Exam
NTA Abhyas
Year
2020
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)

NTA Abhyas 2020 · Chemistry · p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)

Which of the following statements is correct?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Options

  1. ABCl3BC{l}_{3} and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} are both Lewis acids and BCl3BC{l}_{3} is stronger than AlCl3AlC{l}_{3}
  2. BBoth BCl3BC{l}_{3} and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} are Lewis acids and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} is stronger than BCl3BC{l}_{3}
  3. CBoth BCl3BC{l}_{3} and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} are equally strong Lewis acids
  4. DBoth BCl3BC{l}_{3} and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} are not Lewis acids

Correct answer

A. BCl3BC{l}_{3} and AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} are both Lewis acids and BCl3BC{l}_{3} is stronger than AlCl3AlC{l}_{3}

Step-by-step solution

In BCl3,pπ−pπBC{l}_{3}, p\pi - p\pi back-donation occurs between the vacant 2p-orbital of 'B' and fully-filled 3p-orbital of Cl of a B−ClB - Cl bond. This pπ−pπp\pi - p\pi overlapping is not much effective, because of dissimilar sizes of 2p and 3p-orbitals. But in AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} , pπ−pπp\pi - p\pi overlapping is more effective, because p-orbitals of Al and Cl belongs to the same energy levels and hence, they are of similar sizes. As a result of back-donation, the electron-deficiency of Al atom gets more compensated as compared with 'B' in BCl3BC{l}_{3} and therefore, Lewis acid character of AlCl3AlC{l}_{3} is lesser than that of BCl3BC{l}_{3}.
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