Lewis vs Bronsted Definition

[Mrudula Akkinepally]

Hi!

Do you guys think its important to know the difference between the Lewis and Bronsted definitions for acids and bases for this class?

Let me know! Thank you :)

[Chem_Mod]

Yes, you should know this; as a reminder, Lewis acids accept electron pairs and Lewis bases donate electron pairs. Bronsted-Lowry acids donate H+ while BL bases accept H+

[Alyssa Gutierrez 3A]

Yes, you should know this; as a reminder, Lewis acids accept electron pairs and Lewis bases donate electron pairs. Bronsted-Lowry acids donate H+ while BL bases accept H+

Hi, you mentioned that we would need to be familiar with the Lewis and Bronsted definitions for this class. As someone who is not too familiar with these definitions, I was wondering where in chemistry would we see these definitions in practice? Would they only be used in the topics concerning acids and bases or is this a concept that is more widely and generally used in chemistry all together?

[Ryan Burchell 3D]

Yes, you should know this; as a reminder, Lewis acids accept electron pairs and Lewis bases donate electron pairs. Bronsted-Lowry acids donate H+ while BL bases accept H+

Hi, you mentioned that we would need to be familiar with the Lewis and Bronsted definitions for this class. As someone who is not too familiar with these definitions, I was wondering where in chemistry would we see these definitions in practice? Would they only be used in the topics concerning acids and bases or is this a concept that is more widely and generally used in chemistry all together?

Like Dr. Levelle said in the first or second lecture, when we start a new topic he will start with the review of the stuff that we learnt in highschool so even though it is nice to know this now, we will probably cover it in the future in some form or another and we should find out how relevant it will be also.