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BF3 does not obey octet rule.
  1. True
  2. False

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True
B
False
Solution
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BF3:
In above structure, 'F' completes its octet by sharing one electron from 'Boron' While 'Boron' shares three electron from three 'F' atom and has only 6 electrons in outermost cell thus it has an incomplete octet.

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