why does bf3 behave as a lewis acid
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A Lewis acid can accept a pair of electrons from a Lewis base. The boron in BF3 is electron poor and has an empty orbital, so it can accept a pair of electrons, making it a Lewis acid.
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Lewis acid are the compound which are electron deficient and in bf3 all fluorine are satisfied by complete octane but boron has 6 electrons in outer shell so it's electron deficient and act as a Lewis acid
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