Assertion: boric acid | /r/CapableOf | act as a lewis acid
Facets:
value: by accepting a hydroxyl ion
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Boric acid is very weak and does not dissociate in aqueous solution as a Bronsted acid but it acts as a Lewis acid by accepting a hydroxyl ion to form the tetrahydroxyborate ion, as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy20: