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Germanium (II) compounds are powerful reducing agents whereas lead (IV) compounds are strong oxidising agents even they belongs to same group (14), this is due to
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More powerful inert pair effect in Pb than Ge
Inert pair effect increases in 14th group as the atomic number increases.
On moving top to bottom on group 14
(Z)
C 6 •Atomic number increases
Si 14
Ge 32
Sn 50 •Inert pair effect increases
Pb 82
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