InJee mains 2018 exam sicl4 and bcl3 both are lewis acids but in official answer key the correct option is bcl3 why?

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InJee mains 2018 exam sicl4 and bcl3 both are lewis acids but in official answer key the correct option is bcl3 why?

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Krishna Kumar Gautam 24th Apr, 2018

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Anusha Kalingaswamy 25th Apr, 2018

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The answer given in the official answer key is Bcl3 because Boron trichloride is a stronger lewis acid when compared to Silicon tetrachloride. To be precise, the answer would have been given as Boron trichloride.

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Krishna Kumar Gautam

25th Apr, 2018

But they didn't mention stronger lewis acid

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shruti

25th Apr, 2018

yes they ask only about Lewis acid

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