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CCl4 can not be hydrolysed but SiCl4 can be. Why?

Carbon tetrachloride (SiCl4) easily hydrolysed due to availability of vacant d – orbitals in valence shell of their central atom ( Silicon), hence it can easily extend their coordination number beyond four but this is not possible in case of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) due to absence of vacant d – orbitals in carbon atom.

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