yet another factor favouring hydrolysis of SiCl4 greater than
CCl4 ?
delta +ve on Si greater than C. bond str Si-Cl > C-Cl.
but SiCl4 much higher propensity to be hydrolysed
Minor contributive point. Doesn't make it to the top 3 reasons.
And instead of overthinking and obsessing over conceptual stuff
like these (which the rest of the Singapore JC cohort just memorize
and move on, efficiently albeit blindly ; your desire to focus more
deeply on understanding is commendable and serves you well up to a
certain easy-to-accidentally-pass point, beyond which being anally
obsessive is like missing the forest for the trees, allowing you to
win the battle but lose the war), and you J2 students really ought
to be practicing as many Prelim papers as you can right now.
You'll be far
better off (as far as your A level results and hence the quality of
the rest of your life are concerned) focusing on doing and
asking about Pelim paper qns here, instead of OCDing about
conceptual ideas too much.
