Assertion: boric acid | /r/CapableOf | behave as a lewis acid
Facets:
value: in water
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In water, it behaves as a Lewis acid, accepting the electron pair of a hydroxyl ion produced by the water autoprotolysis.
text: Yet, boric acid does not react in aqueous solution as a Bronsted acid, but instead, it behaves as a Lewis acid, with formation of the tetrahedral B(OH)anion (eq 1 )