Why Boron trichloxide is monomer and aluminium trichloxide is dimer

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Grgmo · Answer 1 · 2023-07-12T10:17:19+0000

Answer: The bond length and atomic size of boron in BCl3 are smaller than in AlCl3 so this leads to interatomic repulsion so BCl3 could not accept another BCl3 via a dative bond because it leads to more repulsion and finally breaking of dimer.

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