Question

Compounds formed when soluble gases get entrapped in the cavities of crystal lattice of certain organic and inorganic compounds are called 

(1) interstitial compounds 

(2) clathrates 

(3) hydrates 

(4) picrates

Answer 1

Correct option (2) clathrates

Explanation:

Chemical compounds formed, not by the action of valence bonds, but by molecular imprisonment, the combined molecules being held together mechanically by virtue of the vacant space in between them are called as clathrates.