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Anamolous Behaviour of Boron

Why dont acid...

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Why dont acids have lone pair around the central atom?

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Lewis Acid: a species that accepts an electron pair (i.e., an electrophile) and will have vacant orbitals

So they don't have lone pairs on central atom

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