Explain why SiCl4 reacts with H2O but CCl4 does not?

Answer Posted / mr. khamis

Because the CCL4 have not mor ability to expand its valence
shel since it lack the extra d orbital wile the SiCl4 do
because of precence of lone pair in SiCl4.

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