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How BCl3 acts as Lewis acid? ...............................................explain in detail

How BCl3 acts as Lewis acid? ...............................................explain in detail

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Adarsh
768 Points
6 years ago
According to lewis theory , those compound which accept electron are lewis acid and in BCl3 the central atom has only six electrons around it  is electron deficient and accepts electrons to complete it's octet and hence it acts as lewis acid ..
Rohit
103 Points
6 years ago
According to Lewis theory electrophiles ie electron deficient species are acids.Lewis acids are electron accepting species.BCl3 is Lewis acids.

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