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Explain the following :

BF3 does not hydrolyse.

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Unlike other boron halides, BF3 does not hydrolyse completely. Instead, it hydrolyses incompletely to form boric acid and fluoroboric acid. This is because the HF first formed reacts with H3BO3 .

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