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Among alcl3 and Bcl3 which is hypovalent

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Answered by AnanyaTheGenius
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Explanation:

Because due to very high electronegativity of fluorine atomsAIF3 is ionic in nature. And Al3+ ion has 8 electron in valence shell(2s &2p). So AIF3 is not hypovalent. Whereas AICI3 being covalent in nature,has less than 8 valence electrons thereby AICI3 is hypovalent.

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