Which Of The Following Compounds Is Converted Into The Dimer Form?

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Question

Which of the following compounds is converted into the dimer form?

Solution

Correct option is

BH3

 

In all cases octet is not fulfilled for B-atom. So in monomer form all of them are Lewis acids.

In BF3 the Lewis acidity is internally compensated by ‘B–F’ π bond (back bonding) formation which is not possible for BCl3 or BBr3 due to the size dissimilarity between ‘B–Cl’ or ‘B–Br’. So BCl3 and BBr3 have the tendency to form dimer. But due to steric factor, four ‘Cl–atoms’ or ‘Br-atoms’ cannot be arranged around ‘B-atom’ and they remain as monomer. But BH3 forms B2H6 to satisfy Lewis acidity by the formation of 2-electrons-3-centred bond (banana bonding).

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