Boron trifluoride, $\text{BF}_3$, is a simple molecule. Each $\text{BF}_3$ molecule contains three covalent bonds. Every one of these bonds is formed by the sharing of one electron from the boron atom and one electron from a fluorine atom. What is unusual about the bonding in boron trifluoride?
- AIt is unusual for a non-metal such as fluorine to form covalent bonds.
- BThe boron atom in each molecule does not gain the electronic configuration of a noble gas.
- CThe covalent bonds do not consist of shared pairs of electrons.
- DThe fluorine atoms in each molecule do not gain the electronic configuration of a noble gas.