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Why SF4 is highly reactive and SF6 highly inert ?

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Answered by Natureboy549
6
Because in sf6 all the bonds including axial and equatorial are occupied by f
but in sf4 the axial bond are occupied by lone pairs
so to overcome the repulsion between lone pairs and bond pairs sf4 is highly reactive than sf6
Answered by abhineetraj23
5

Answer:

Therefore SF4 is not stable and can react further with available non-bonding pair of electrons hence more reactive. While in SF6, there are no vacant d-orbital as the S is bonded with 6 F atoms and all the electrons are paired thus the octet of sulphur is complete making SF6 more stable and inert for further reactions.

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