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Boron compounds often act as what because of partly filled octets?
AFree radicals
BReducing agents
CLewis bases
DLewis acids
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Lewis acids
Boron with an incomplete octet accepts electron pairs, so its compounds behave as Lewis acids.
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