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11.5     Is boric acid a protic acid ? Explain.

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Boric acid is not a protic acid. It is a weak monobasic acid, behaves as a Lewis acid by accepting a pair of an electron from the water molecules(OH^-)
B(OH)_{3}+H_{2}O\rightarrow [B(OH)_4]^-+H_{3}O^+

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