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Q. The tendency of $BF_3, BCl_3$ and $BBr_3$ to behave as Lewis acid decreases in the sequence

AIPMTAIPMT 2010The p-Block Elements - Part2

Solution:

$p \pi $ back bonding decreases in the order $BBr_3 > BCl_3 > BF_3$