The correct Lewis structure for the boron trichloride molecule has an incomplete octet around boron

The correct Lewis structure for the boron trichloride molecule has an incomplete octet around boron. Draw this Lewis structure and three resonance structures of the molecule in which the octet rule is satisfied for both the B and Cl atoms. Show formal charges on all structures.

Explain why the Lewis structure for boron trichloride is best written with an incomplete octet around boron.

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