Boron trichloride is a monomeric gas at room temperature. Explain.
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BF as well as AlCl3 both are electron deficient species. - BF3 contains intramolecular pπ-pπ bonding to compensate for this electron deficiency. Thus BF3 exists as monomeric gas. - AlCl3 shows pπ-pπ bonding with another AlCl3 molecule to compensate for this electron deficiency.
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