why is basicity of boric acid 1?
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23rd March 2018,
8:57 PM
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B(OH)3 in itself actually doesn't contain any replaceable hydrogen atom; rather, on interaction with water (i.e after accepting a OH− ion) a hydrogen ion is liberated. But if you see the after effect, say adding a monobasic acid (which holds the definition correctly) like HCl to water, per molecule it liberates one H+ ion, similarly each B(OH)3 also liberates one H+ after it accepts OH− from water. So only looking at the after effects/ final result, both HCl and B(OH)3 liberate 1 hydrogen per molecule though the process through which it was liberated is different.
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