Why NF3 is pyramidal but BF3 is triangular planar?
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》There exists repulsion force between lone pair and bond pair of electrons in NF3 molecule because of which it acquires pyramidal shape.
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hyyy....
》There exists repulsion force between lone pair and bond pair of electrons in NF3 molecule because of which it acquires pyramidal shape.
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hope it helps!!⬅
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In BF3 there are three bond pairs which are shared in between two atoms resulting in the triangular planar structure while in case of NF3 there is sharing of three bond pairs plus one lone pair. Because of the lone pair sharing the structure get distorted and resulting structure is pyramidal.
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