Question

can anions have polarizing power i.e can anion distort the electron cloud of cation towards itself?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The more the polarising power of the cation, the stronger is its ability to distort the electron cloud. When polarisability is low, then the species are said to be hard. Cations with high charge density have high polarising power, and anions with high charge density have high polarisability.