Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

by Timberlake, Karen C.

Published by Prentice Hall

ISBN 10: 0321908449

ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Combining Ideas from Chapters 4 to 6 - Page 209: CI.7a

Answer

Reactant Y

Work Step by Step

Since reactant Y belongs to G-VIIA, whose typical charge is -1 and reactant X belongs to G-IIA with typical charge of +2, hence Y has greater electronegativity

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