Boron and Carbon FamilyHard

Question

Boron cannot form which one of the following anions ?

Options

A.BH4- 
B.B(OH)4- 
C.BO2- 
D.BF63- 

Solution

As Boron has only four orbitals in the valence shell ( i.e. 2s, 2px, 2py & 2pz) it can show a maximum valency of four only.
Therefore [BF6]3-  is not possible

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