BF 3 is planar and electron deficient compound. Hybridization and number of electrons around the central…
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Solution
The structure of can be shown as follows,

Three hybrid orbital are required to form Hence, the hybridisation of Boron is and the number of electrons around the boron is due to the presence of three bonds.
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