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Specify the geometry and the hybridisation of N and B atoms in a 1:1 complex of BF3 and NH3.


A
N is tetrahedral, sp3 ; B is tetrahedral, sp3
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N is pyramidal, sp3 ; B is pyramidal, sp3
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N is pyramidal, sp3 ; B is planar,sp2
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N is pyramidal, sp3 ; B is tetrahedral sp3
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Solution

The correct option is A N is tetrahedral, sp3 ; B is tetrahedral, sp3

NH3+BF3BF3NH3
The structure of NH3 and BF3 coordinated complex is given below.

So the hybridisation and geometry of both N and B will be sp3, tetrahedral.

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