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How many acidic H+ ion is given by H3BO3 in aqueous solution?? ...?

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Boric acid, H3BO3, in aqueous solution would only give out one H+ ion. As it is also produce OH ion and by hydrolysis it produces one proton. All the boron compounds (BX3) are having only 6 valence electrons in it and should follow the octet rule by taking another electron.

B(OH)3 + 2 H2O → B(OH)4− + H3O
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