why bf3 is lewis acid but pcl3 is a lewis base
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But the term Lewis acid tends to be mainly used for compounds such as BF3, which will accept an electron pair from F- to form BF4-; and AlCl3 which forms AlCl4-, by accepting a non-bonding pair of electrons from F- (at least this is true in organic chemistry).
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