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SF_{6} is known but SCl_{6} is not. Why?

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There are two reasons as to why SF_{6} exists in nature, but SCl_{6} doesn’t:

  • Fluorine is smaller in size than Chlorine and is easily accommodated around Sulphur atom.
  • Due to higher electronegativity possessed by fluorine, it can unpair the Sulphur atom to the highest degree (where it attains the oxidation state of +6).
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