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Is boric acid a protic acid ??.......Can you please explain with reason .

Is boric acid a protic acid ??.......Can you please explain with reason .

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Umakant biswal
5349 Points
7 years ago
@ jeeva 
boric acid is not a protic acid , it is a weak monobesic acid behaving as lewis acid , 
B (OH) 3 + 2 HOH = { B (OH)4 }^-  + h30 ^+ 
it behaves as an acid by accepting a pair of electron from OH- ions . 
HOPE IT CLEARS 
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