Q.

Statement I : BCl3 and AlCl3 are both Lewis acids and BCl3 is stronger than AlCl3
Statement II : H3BO3 is strong tribasic acid

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a

Both the statements are true

b

I is false and II is true

c

I is true and II is false

d

Both the statements are false

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

IIIA group trihalides are lewis acids as they accepts the electron pair from electron pair donors

_5B{^*}\,\,\,\,1{s^2}2{s^1}2{p_x}^12{p_y}^12{p_z}^0

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The electron pair accepting tendency of trihalides is due to the presence of empty p-orbital in its valency shell.

I) As the size of central atom increases,

metallicnature increases,

electronegativity decreases,

and hence electron pair accepting tendency decreases,

\therefore Lewis acidic streangth decreases.

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Hence acidic strength order of IIIA group trihalides: Bcl3 > AlCl3 > GaCl3 > InCl3 > TlCl3

II) {H_3}B{O_3} + {H_2}0\,\,\, \to \,\,{[B{(OH)_4}]^ - } + \,{H^ + }

                              OR

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H3BO3    is not a protic acid and hence it is not a tribasic acid ,H3BO3  is a Lewis acid and the released proton is not from H3BO3 and the H+ ion is released from water.

    Therefore statement-I is true and II is false.

 

 

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