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In the complex, BH3PF3, what is the type of back bond from B to P ?

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a

πd

b

ππ*

c

σd

d

σπ

answer is D.

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In BH3PF3, the type of  back bond from B to P is σπ.

When one atom in a compound has a single electron and the other has an open orbital adjacent to it, back bonding, a type of bonding, happens between the two atoms. A molecule with back bonding possesses pi-bonding properties because pi-bonding happens after the sigma bond forms

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