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Organic Chemistry

structure of H3BO3

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15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Pramod J AskiitiansExpert-IIT-B
15 Years ago

Dear student

boron usually has only 3 coordinating sites (it's happy with 6 electrons in its valence shell unlike other elements in the p-block), so the most logical structure would be to have the boron as the central atom, with 3 OH groups connected to it

 

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