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Chemistry A2 Bond Angles

Hey everyone,
I have a question on a paper that says 'how will the HNH and FBF bond angles change when ammonia and boron trifluoride and mixed to make H3NBF3?

Please help!
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Original post by HannahW1998
Hey everyone,
I have a question on a paper that says 'how will the HNH and FBF bond angles change when ammonia and boron trifluoride and mixed to make H3NBF3?

Please help!

is that the question word for word
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Explain it in terms of bond pairs and lone pairs and electron repulsion, both between bonding pairs and the effect of lone pairs, appreciating that a dative bond forms between the N and the B.

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