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Orthoboric Acid

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Orthoboric acid is a acid.

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monobasic

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dibasic

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tribasic

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Solution

The correct option is A monobasic
The structure of orthoboric acid is:
Although there are three $O H$ groups in orthoboric acid, it does not act as a proton donor. It acts as a Lewis acid by accepting one pair of electrons. Hence it is a monobasic acid.

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