Which of the following species is not stable?

Which of the following species is not stable?
  1. SiF62-
  2. GeCl62-
  3. SnOH62-
  4. SiCl62-

Solution

[SiCl6]-2 is unstable due to steric hinderance.

Steric hindrance is when the large size of groups within a molecule prevents chemical reactions which can take place in related molecules with smaller groups. Steric hindrance is also a reason for protection of some groups from unwanted chemical modifications.

Asked in: NEET 2019 (All India)

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