Given below are two statements.
Statement I : The chloride of Be and Al have Cl-bridged structure. Both are soluble in organic solvents and act as Lewis bases.
Statement II : Hydroxides of Be and Al dissolve in excess alkali to give beryllate and aluminate ions.
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The chlorides of both beryllium and aluminium have Cl -bridged structure in vapour phase.
Both the chlorides are soluble in organic solvents and are strong Lewis acids. Beryllium hydroxide dissolves in excess of alkali to give beryllate 
while aluminium hydroxide gives aluminate, 
.
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