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The Lewis acid character of boron trihal...

The Lewis acid character of boron trihalides decreases as: `B Br_(3) gt BCl_(3) gt BF_(3)`. Explain ?

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`BBr_(3)gtBClgtBF_(3)`. This behavious can be explained on the basis of the tendency of halogen atom to donate its electrons back to boron atom.
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