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Boron is unable to form BF6^(3-) ion bec...

Boron is unable to form `BF_6^(3-)` ion because of

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Due to non - availability of d orbitals, boron is unable to expand its octet.Therefore, the maximum covalence of boron cannot exceed 4 .
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