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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGBack bonding, Bridge bonding & odd electron moleculesEasy2 minPYQ_2020
ChemistryEasysingle choice

Arrange the following in the correct order of Lewis acidity: BF3, BCl3, BBr3.

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

In BF3, BCl3and BBr3each will shown p π - p π back bonding as follows.



Extant of overlapping  as the 2p−2p>2p−3p>2p−4p   difference between the size of p orbital increases the extent of overlapping decreases the availability of vacant orbital increases and the acidic character increases.
Hence correct order of Lewis acidity represented by option (BF3< BCl3< BBr3) .

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ChemistryTopic:CHEMICAL BONDINGSubtopic:Back bonding, Bridge bonding & odd electron molecules
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