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why are beryllium halides are polymeric in nature

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Answered by sonumeena
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All halides of Be are covalent and electron deficient. Because of this, they are unstable. So, in order to attain stability they polymerise to make long chains. They do this by forming coordinate bonds (dative covalent bonds) between lone pairs on halide atoms and adjacent beryllium atoms.
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