Which is the Lewis acid among following:

Question

Which is the Lewis acid among following: (A) Cl- (B) <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="Option 2" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/q/nta/c-ds8g5ja6krv5cwnt.jpg" /> (C) SiCl4 (D) CH3COOH

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A Lewis acid is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct. silicon tetrachloride is a Lewis acid due to the presence of vacant d orbital.

Q. Which is the Lewis acid among following:

$C l^{-}$

$S i C l_{4}$

$C H_{3} COO H$

A Lewis acid is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct. silicon tetrachloride is a Lewis acid due to the presence of vacant $d$ orbital.