Chemistry, asked by vanshi5455, 10 days ago

Is there back bonding in AlCl3?

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Answered by MuhammdAslam

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Back bonding occurs between the same size of orbitals of small atoms. 3p orbitals of Al and Cl are comparatively larger. So, back bonding doesn't occur in AlCl3. In this case the octet of Al is completed by dimerization.

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