Which one of the following compounds

Question:

Which one of the following compounds of Group-14 elements is not known?

  1. $\left[\mathrm{GeCl}_{6}\right]^{2-}$

  2. $\left[\mathrm{Sn}(\mathrm{OH})_{6}\right]^{2-}$

  3. $\left[\mathrm{SiCl}_{6}\right]^{2-}$

  4. $\left[\mathrm{SiF}_{6}\right]^{2-}$


Correct Option: , 3

Solution:

$\left[\mathrm{SiCl}_{6}\right]^{2-}$ does not exist due to steric crowding of surrounding atoms.

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