Previous Year NEET Question- Chemistry Of Group 2 Elements
of group 2 reacts with chlorine. Group 2 elements are alkaline earth metals, and they react with chlorine to form chlorides. The chlorides of alkaline earth metals have the general formula MCl2, where M is the symbol of the metal. So, the correct formula of the compound formed when a metal of group 2 reacts with chlorine is CaCl2.