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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 ?

A

`BCl_(3) gt BE_(3) gt BBr_(3)`

B

`BBr_(3) gt BCl_(3) gt BF_(3)`

C

`BF_(3) gt BCl_(3) gt BBr_(3)`

D

`BBr_(3) gt BF_(3) gt BCl_(3)`

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B
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