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Yes :(

PF Sunday chat is open for all members. But I can't send a message over there. It says "You don't have the permission"

Hydride mean a hydrogen atom with a negative charge . In all halogens , hydrogen has +1 charge . They are called acids , not hydrides . In group 16 , the lower elements are metallic ( having EN less than 2.1 ) so their compounds can be called hydrides . So I made a generalized statement ...

I would strongly advise you to read this up . It will give you an idea for your halogen statement .

Proton007007 asked for a compound above (maybe) because all groups don't have hydrides with lone pair . I said 15 and 16 as they have lone pairs to donate and qualify as Lewis Base .

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I meant that this site solved my doubts as google returned with its link . :wink:

Hello people . Just joined this community after google answered my doubts with this site

basicity of hydrides decreases down the group in group 15 and 16 . Missed out the ones