Is #"BCl"_3# a lewis acid?
1 Answer
Dec 23, 2015
Boron trichloride is a potent Lewis acid,
Explanation:
Boron trichloride is probably the most potent Lewis acid known, and will form adducts with ethers, halides, and amines. While boron trifluoride is also Lewis-acidic, counter-intuitively, the lone pairs on the fluoride, are the right size and shape to donate electron density to the electron deficient boron atom, and the Lewis-acidity of
