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What is a Lewis acid?
What is a Lewis acid?
- A chemical species with an orbital involved in bonding
- A chemical species that accepts an electron pair (correct)
- A chemical species with a filled orbital
- A chemical species that donates an electron pair
What is a Lewis base?
What is a Lewis base?
- A species that donates an electron pair (correct)
- A species that has an empty orbital
- A species that has an orbital involved in bonding
- A species that accepts an electron pair
What is a Lewis adduct?
What is a Lewis adduct?
- A product of a Lewis base accepting an electron pair
- A product of a Lewis acid and base sharing an electron pair (correct)
- A product of a Lewis base donating an electron pair to a Lewis acid
- A product of a Lewis acid donating an electron pair