Structure Of Silicon Tetrachloride
The tetrachloride of silicon has a regular shape. Silicon occupies the center and is the nucleus. Tetrachlorine atoms, which are covalently connected, surround the silicon circumference, in the shape of a positive tetrahedron.
Between silicon and chlorine, covalently stable. Chlorine has a strong negative charge, which attracts electrons to it, but silicon also maintains its bond, and the structure is safe. The beauty of this structure makes silicon tetrachloride have characteristics. In the reaction, due to the orderly structure, either substitution or addition, all follow this structure.
