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

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a

Ionic

b

Covalent

c

Electron deficient

d

Proton donor

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

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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