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The P-Block Elements

Question
CBSEENCH11007193

Boron is unable to form open square brackets BF subscript 6 close square brackets to the power of 3 minus end exponent ion. Explain ?

Solution
open square brackets BF subscript 6 close square brackets to the power of 3 minus end exponent ion is not formed due to non-availability of d-orbitals in boron. Therefore, the maximum covalence of boron can not exceed 4.