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Is boric acid a protic acid? Explain.

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Boric acid is not a protic acid. It is a weak monobasic acid, behaving as a Lewis acid. It behaves as an acid by accepting a pair of electrons from –OH ion.
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Boric acid is not a protic acid. It is a weak monobasic acid, behaving as a Lewis acid.

It behaves as an acid by accepting a pair of electrons from OH ion.

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No, boric acid is not a protic acid. Boric acid is a weak monobasic acid. It is not a protonic acid but acts as a Lewis acid by accepting electrons from a hydroxyl ion and in turn, releases H+ ions.B(OH)3 +2HoH → + H3O+
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No boric acid is not a protic acid It accept OH- from water and release H+ of water becat it contains vacant 2P orbital
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