Question

Boron compounds behave as lewis acids bcoz of their a.ionisation property b.electron deficient nature c.acidic nature d.covalent nature

Answer 1

Answer:

electron deficient thank me if yes plsssss

Answer 2

Answer:

b) electron deficient nature.

Explanation:

Boron compounds are generally electron deficient. For eg, consider BF3

Number of bonding electrons = 2 x no.of.bonds = 2 x 3 = 6

Here the total number of electrons in the outermost shell of B in BF3 is not 8(octet) but 6(deficiency of electrons).

But we know that, octet configuration is the most stable configuration, BF3 tries to attain it by accepting electrons hence behaving as Lewis acid.