Lewis Acids and Bases

[Brevin Hensley 1C]

How do you identify Lewis Acids and Bases and how do they form coordinate covalent bonds?

[Ibrahim Malik 1H]

Lewis acids are compounds that accept electrons, whereas Lewis bases are compounds that donate electrons. The covalent bond between the two is formed when the Lewis base donates an electron to the Lewis acid and a coordinate covalent bond is simply a type of covalent bond in which one reactant gives an electron pair to another reactant.

[Diana Sandoval 1K]

From what I understood, a Lewis Acid takes electrons while a Lewis Base donates electrons. I know that for the midterm that's all we need to know.

[Irene Zhou 1E]

A Lewis acid accepts a pair of electrons while a Lewis base donates a pair of electrons

[Rylee Nelsen 3A]

Lewis Acids are electron pair acceptor and bases are electron pair donors.

[SummerLee1F]

Another tip, Lewis bases are almost always negatively charged. They can also be neutral charged.