well,soumik, here BF3 acts as lewis acid becoz of its incomplete octet.this incomplete octet enables it to accept electrons to complete its octet.
e.g.-BF3 + F- = BF4+
OTHER EXAMPLES are BCl3, AlCl3, BeCl2 etc.
Boron or Fluorine - neither has vacant d-orbitals, so how can boron tri-fluoride act as a lewis acid?
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·2009-07-20 03:14:23