Assertion: Aluminium chloride (AlCl3) is a Lewis acid.
Reason: Lewis acids donate electrons to an acceptor.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
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C
Assertion is true but Reason is false
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D
Assertion is false but Reason is true
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E
Both Assertion and Reason are false
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Solution
The correct option is C Both Assertion and Reason are false AlCl3 is a lewis acid because it can accept electrons. Al has vacant orbitals and is strong electrophile due to the presence of high electron negative Cl atoms which reduces the electron density from the central atom.