why does bcl3 act as lewis acid
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BCl3 acts as lewis acid because the central atom Boron has 6 electrons around it . So it is electron deficient i.e. it has less no. of electrons due to which it accepts electrons to complete it's octet(8 electrons).
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The Lewis Acid-base theory defines acids as species accepting pairs of electrons. The central boron atom in boron trichloride BCl3 is electron-deficient, enabling the molecule to accept additional pairs of electrons and act as a Lewis Acid.
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