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Boron halides behave as Lewis acid becau...

Boron halides behave as Lewis acid because of their ___ nature.

A

Proton donor

B

Covalent

C

Ionic

D

Electron deficient

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The correct Answer is:
D
Boron halides have vacant `2p` orbital in `B`, in which they accept a pair of electron from the donor ion//molecule and thus behave as a Lewis acid.
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