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ChemistryCHEMICAL BONDINGBack bonding, Bridge bonding & odd electron moleculesMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice
Passage / Comprehension

Back bonding is a type of intra lewis acid-base interaction. Lewis acid is electron pair acceptor where as lewis base is electron pair donar.

Which of the following strongest lewis acid?

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

BI₃ is the strongest Lewis acid due to poor pπ-pπ backbonding from larger iodine atoms.

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