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  4. Boron halides behave as Lewis acids because of their ......... nature.

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Q. Boron halides behave as Lewis acids because of their ......... nature.

EAMCETEAMCET 2008

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According to Lewis, the compound which can accept a lone pair of electron, are called acids. Boron halides, being electron deficient compounds, can accept a lone pair of electrons, so termed as Lewis acid.