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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Explain why BCl3 is stable​ ________________________________

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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BCl3 is more stable than TlCl3 because the +3 oxidation state of B is more stable than the +3 oxidation state of Tl. In Tl, the +3 state is highly oxidising and it reverts back to the more stable +1