Among the following alkaline earth metal halides, one which is covalent and soluble in organic solvents is :
Calcium chloride
Strontium chloride
Magnesium chloride
Beryllium chloride
Except for beryllium chloride all other chloride of alkaline earth metals are ionic in nature. Due to small size of Be, Beryllium chloride is essentially covalent and soluble in organic solvents.
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