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Group 14 or carbon family
Question

BCl3 does not exist as dimer but BH3 exists as dimer (B2H6) because

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Solution

Large-sized chlorine atoms do not fit in between the small boron atoms, whereas small-sized hydrogen atoms fit between boron atoms

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