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Consider the following reaction of boron trifluoride `(BF_3)` and acetone:

What is the critical HOMO (nucleophile) of this reaction ?

A

A) non-bonding orbital on boron

B

B) `sigma` -orbital of acetone

C

C) `pi` -orbital of acetone

D

D) non-bonding electron pair orbital on oxygen

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