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Since Al3+ ion is highly charged and quite small the bond uniting the hydrogen and oxygen atoms with coordinated H2O molecules is considerable weakened and other solvent water molecules are able to act as bases and abstract protons
[Al(H2O)6]3+(aq.)+H2O(ι)[Al(H2O)5(OH)]2+(aq.)+H3O+(aq.)
[Al(H2O)5OH]2+(aq.)+H2O(ι)[Al(H2O)4(OH)2]+(aq.)+H3O+(aq.)
If the solution also contains a strongly basic anion such as CO23orS2 further ionization of hydrated aluminium ions can occur
[Al(H2O)4(OH)2]+(aq.)+CO23(aq.)[Al(H2O)3(OH)3](solid)+HCO3(aq.)
Behaviour of the cation in CO23 solution in the above passage can be considered as:

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Bronsted acid
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Arrhenius base
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Lewis acid
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D
Lewis base
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Solution

The correct option is D Lewis base
CO23 behaves as a Lewis base by donating electron and accepting hydrogen hence reducing itself.

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