Guest

Difference in bonding nature of N(SiH3)3 and N(GeH3)3

Difference in bonding nature of N(SiH3)3 and N(GeH3)3

Grade:12th pass

1 Answers

Amogh Dabholkar
41 Points
8 years ago
Here the difference is created by the effectiveness of Back-Bonding
the effectiveness of Back-Bonding decreases as the difference in orbital size increases
here the central atom Ge has larger size than Si and hence the former has Ge compound has weaker back-bonding.
so Si compound has to be planar while Ge compound has to be terahedral

Think You Can Provide A Better Answer ?

ASK QUESTION

Get your questions answered by the expert for free