According to the Brönsted-Lowry concept, a protonic acid is a substance that is capable of donating a hydrogen ion (H+) . Boric acid, B(OH)3, is not a protonic acid because it does not donate protons directly on its own. Instead, it is an electron-deficient compound and acts as a Lewis acid by accepting an electron pair from the hydroxyl ion (OH−) of a water molecule . This interaction releases a proton (H+) from water into the solution: B(OH)3+2H2O⇌[B(OH)4]−+H3O+.
The other given compounds are protonic (Brönsted) acids as they have ionizable protons:
PO(OH)3 is Phosphoric acid (H3PO4)
SO(OH)2 is Sulphurous acid (H2SO3)
SO2(OH)2 is Sulphuric acid (H2SO4).