mr.mechanics Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 hello! SiCl4 reacts with water but CCl4 doesn't. why is this so? is it because Si has empty d orbitals? but then, could someone let me know that after O attacks a d orb, why does an sp3 orb's Cl leave? please explain the mechanism in a bit detail... thanks in advance. waiting in anticipation.. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vedmecum Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 definitely because of vacant d-orbital . let me provide you 2 hint 1 . there is a difference between hydration and hydrolysis . 2 . there is a formation of pentavalent transition state in sn2 type reaction but due to small size of carbon atom and limit of using only s and p orbital it again goes to tetravalent state . :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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