Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 8 - Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding - Exercises - Page 336: 8.59b

Answer

This statement is false.

Work Step by Step

We know that Silicon has 4 valence electrons. When we draw the Lewis Diagram, we can see that Silicon is single bonded to 4 different hydrogen atoms. Because this leaves Silicon with four single bonds and no lone pairs, Silicon in $SilH_4$ follows the octet rule.
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