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Boron halides behave as Lewis acids because of their nature.
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electron deficient
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.
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