Is Sncl2 a Base or Acid

S n C l 2 SnCl_2 SnCl2 Acts as a Lewis acid as well as a Lewis base. Tin(II) chloride also behaves as a Lewis acid forming complex with ligands such as chloride ion, SnCl2 is a hypovalent species (less than eight electrons are present around the central atom). Thus, it can act as Lewis acid.

What is the pH of SnCl2?

SnCl2 has pH 1-2 (source 1, 2).

Is SnCl2 a basic salt?

The ionic chloride salts can react with other salts and exchange anions in the process. But they do not hydrolyse in any forms to produce a basic solution. Hence salts containing chloride ions ($C{l^ – }$) or chloride salts cannot be basic salts and so $SnC{l_2}$, NaCl and $N{H_4}Cl$ are not basic salts.