Boron has 3 valence electrons. Which of the following processes is involved in boron's achieving a complete outer shell?
A) formation of a B3+ cation
B) formation of bridge bonds
C) formation of -bonds using its d-orbitals
D) formation of -bonds using sp3-orbitals
E) None of these choices is correct.
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