Lewis Acids and Bases

[Chelsea Culi 3F]

How are you supposed to know if something is a Lewis acid or base?

[Samantha Quevedo 2L]

Hello! I am not sure if you're asking how to recognize it if you were given an example of a lewis structure, but I do know that a key difference to tell between the two is that a lewis acid is an acceptor of electrons and a lewis base is a donor of electrons.

[Shriya_Amara_1G]

A lewis acid accepts electrons and a lewis base donates electrons. A lewis acid should have a positive charge and a lewis base should have a negative charge.

[Daniel N]

A Lewis acid is a substance that accepts a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond. A Lewis base is a substance that donates a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.

[Caitlyn Lo 2F]

You can tell if something is either a Lewis acid or a Lewis base by seeing if the atoms either accept or donate their electrons. A Lewis acid occurs when the atoms accept electrons and a Lewis base occurs when the atoms donate their electrons.

[Do Yeun Park]

Hi!
If the structure is giving away electrons, then it's a Lewis Base. If the structure is receiving electrons, then it's a Lewis Acid.

[Emily Hou 1H]

A lewis acid accepts electrons while a lewis base donates electrons. Molecules with lone pairs tend to donate electrons and electron-deficient central atoms such as Be tend to accept electrons.

[AndreyCastellanos 3H]

Lewis acid accepts electrons
Lewis base gives electrons
A lewis acid should have a positive charge and a lewis base should have a negative charge

[Heba Bounar 3K]

Hi! Lewis acids accept an electron pair while Lewis bases donate an electron pair. If a molecule has a lone pair and is negatively charged, it is likely to be a Lewis base. If a molecule is positively charged it is likely to be a Lewis acid. Molecules with polar double bonds can also accept electrons, so they could be a Lewis acid as well. Hope this helps!

[Omar Alkhalili 1J]

Hello! Lewis acids accept electrons (electron acceptors) while Lewis bases give the electrons (electron donors).

[Litsa Dimit 1D]

A lewis acid is typically accepting electrons, so example OH- F- while a lewis base donates electrons, H+,K+

[Shannon Lau 14B - 1H]

Lewis acids are ones that accept electrons so an easy way to tell is if they have a positive charge and in that case in order to have a formal charge of 0 the atom must gain/accept electrons. Lewis bases are the ones that donate electrons and they often times have a negative charge and must give away electrons to have the most stable charge. If there aren't any charges we look at its electronegativity.

[Vashe Sundar 3H]

A lewis acid accepts an electron, while a lewis base donates an electron.

[Mia Orr 3B]

Lewis acids are species that accept electrons, while Lewis bases are species that donate electrons. Hope this helps!

[Raizel Ferrer 1H]

Lewis acids are an electron acceptor where as lewis bases are an electron donor.

[cnyland]

If something has a bunch of lone pairs to give up electrons, a lot of the times look for N, then its a lewis base (electron pair donor) and if something is positively charged or doesn't have a full octet like Aluminum, Boron, it has room to accept a pair of electrons and can be viewed as a lewis acid (electron pair acceptor).

[Kelly_Luong_1F]

By keeping track of the electron transfer. Lewis acids are electron-pair acceptors while Lewis bases are electron-pair donators.

[dahlia Faruque]

The easiest way to remember the difference between a Lewis Acid and a Lewis Base is to remember that a Lewis Acid accepts electrons while a Lewis base donates electrons.

[Ashley Fakolujo 3H]

I know that when the formula has a negative charge, it’s a base and vice versa for the acid. But how do you determine it when there is no charge on the formula at all

[erud]

Hi! For the final, we were supposed to know if something was an acid(electron acceptor), and a base(electron donor) There are also many other definitions of acids and bases that we went over in class.