Q. 1 Boric acid H3BO3 and BF3 have the same number of electrons . The former is a solid and the latter is a gas . The reason is . (a) BF3 is Lewis acid while B(OH)3 is not (b) they have different geometrics (c) In BF3 , F- is smaller in size than OH- in B(OH)3 (d) No molecules association is possible in BF3 while it is possible in B(OH)3 due to hydrogen bonding
