BCl3 exist but BH3 does not. Give reason

BH3 is an electron deficient compound which has an empty p orbital or we can say 6 electron in its outermost shell. As the size of Hydrogen is small therefore it facilitates the dimerisation of BH3 through 3 entered 2 electron bond. This dimerisation results in the formation of B2H6 ( diborane ), where the single hydrogen is shared between two boron atoms.
On the other hand, BCl3 does not dimeries due to its small size. As the size of boron is small therefore it is unable to accommodate 4 large chlorine atoms at the same time.
 

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