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Boric acid, , behaves as a weak monobasic acid by accepting to form . The hybridisation of boron changes from

  1. A to
  2. B to
  3. C to
  4. D to

Answer: C

In planar boron has three bond pairs and no lone pair, so it is . In tetrahedral it has four bond pairs, so it is . The acid acts as a Lewis acid, not by losing a proton.
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