Can someone answer this question? "Under some conditions SnCl2 can simultaneously behave as a lewis acid and lewis base. Suggest a molecule that might form under these conditions. What is the hybridization of Sn in this compound?
Acts as a Lewis acid as well as a Lewis base.
Tin(II) chloride also behaves as a Lewis acid forming complex with ligands such as chloride ion, SnCl2 is a hypovalent species (less than eight electrons are present around the central atom). Thus, it can act as Lewis acid.
for example:
It mainly act as Lewis Base forming complexes as it has a tendency to donate the lone pair on chlorine ion.
The hybridization of in is hybridized as it forms two and
Bonds with and has a lone pair.
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