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Why is the boric acid considered as lewis acid? please explain it.

Pranav , 6 Years ago
Grade 11
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Arun
hence it is considered as weak acid.+ + H3O- [B(OH)4]\rightleftha\rightleftharpoons ion.B(OH)3 + H2O +) ion rather than form metaborate ion and in turn give H3O+) ion from water.It does not dissociate to give hydronium (H3O-Boric acid is also called as hydrogen borate, boracic acid, orthoboric acid.It is a weak, monobasic Lewis acid of boron and has the chemical formula H3BO3.It is sometimes written as B(OH)3).It is an weak Lewis acid accepting hydroxyl(OH
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