The VSEPR AX_3 Family (sp^2 orbital hybridization) The VSEPR AX_3 class (the first member of the AX_3 family) BF_3 Experimentally it is determined that BF_3 is a trigonal planar molecule with all B-F bonds identical, and all F-B-F angles equal to 120 degree. Draw the Lewis structure for the BF_3 molecule: Construct a model of the sp^2 hybrid orbitals, arranging them as shown below: Make a model of BF_3 by inserting three gray connectors into the set of three holes on a (brown) atom center so that they lie on a plane and are 120 degree apart. Connect three white balls, representing fluorine atoms, to the three gray connectors inserted in the (brown) atom center. As before, each connector represents a bonding pair of electrons, with one of the electrons in each bond coming from the boron atom and the other coming from a fluorine atom. Now fill in the report table for BF_3.