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Acidity of BF, can be explained on which...

Acidity of BF, can be explained on which of the following concepts ?

A

Arrhenius concept

B

Bronsted Lowry concept

C

Lewis concept

D

Bronsted Lowry as well as Lewis concept.

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C
According to Lewis concept , acid can accept a pair of electrons and base can donate a pair of electrons. Thus. as `BF_3` has six electrons in its valence shell, so it can accept an electrons pair and acts as Lewis acid.
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