Ortho-boric acid can be represented as $B {(O H)}_{3}$ . It is :

a strong Arrhenius acid

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lewis acid and ionizes as monobasic acid

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an alkali capable of releasing

O H^{-}

ions in water

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a weak acid existing as

B {(O H)}_{6}^{- 3}

in water

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Solution

The correct option is D lewis acid and ionizes as monobasic acid
It is a monobasic (releases 1 H+ )lewis acid. It accepts an electron pair from $O H^{-}$ .
$B (O H)_{3} + 2 H_{2} O ⇌ [B (O H)_{4}]^{-} + H_{3} O^{+}$

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B {(O H)}_{3} + H_{2} O ⇌ B {(O H)}_{4}^{-} + H^{+}; K_{a} = 5.9 \times 10^{- 10}

p H

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B (O H)_{3}

H^{+}

B (O H)_{3} + H_{2} O ⇌ [B (O H)_{4}]^{-} + H^{+}, K_{a} = 5.9 \times 10^{- 10}

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$H_{3} B O_{3}$ is

H_{3} B O_{3}

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