Hydrolysis of these tetra halide takes place in the following two steps :
Step-1: In this step oxygen atom of water molecule acts as a donor atom as water molecule contains two lone pair of election .
Attacks the central metal atom to form a co ordination bond.
And the product is an unstable intermediate compound MX4.4 H2O ( M=central atom X=halogen)
Step-2: In step 2 there is the elimination of four HX molecule from the unstable intermediate compund thus the tetrahalides of Si,Ge,Sn is hydrolysed, this hydrolysis forms hydoroxides of this elements.
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