acid v. base?

[Doris Cho 1D]

How can you tell if something is a lewis acid or base based on the lewis structure?

[Chem_Mod]

Lewis bases typically contain lone pairs and often are negatively charged. Lewis acids are often positively charged and can accept lone pairs. Your notes should contain a list of characteristics

[gferg21]

Lewis bases are more likely to accept H+ ions to make a basic solution, whereas lewis acids are more likely to accept OH- ions to make a neutral solution

[Matthew Tsai 2H]

Lewis bases should have a lone pair to donate while lewis acids are usually positively charged and therefore able to accept an electron pair.

[selatran1h]

Lewis acids accept an electron pair while Lewis bases contain electron pairs.

[Amir Bayat]

Lewis acids also typically have a hydrogen ion in front of the name of the molecule. For instance, HCl or HBr.

[Maddie]

doesnt it depend on whether or not they are giving up or accepting a proton

[005321227]

Lewis bases will typically contain the lone pair to donate to the Lewis acid

[405398682]

You can distinguish them by figuring out which one accepts proton and which one donates proton.

[Celine 1F]

lewis bases typically donate electron pairs while lewis acids accept electron pairs

[J Medina 2I]

Lewis bases are positively charged. Lewis acids are negatively charged and usually have a lone pair.

[Charysa Santos 4G]

Lewis bases usually have a lone pair so that it has electrons to donate while Lewis acids usually have a positive charge attached to them, meaning that they will likely accept an electron pair.

[gabbymaraziti]

The Lewis structure of a Lewis acid typically has a positive charge, making them capable and likely to accept an electron pair. Lewis bases typically have a lone pair available to donate.

[zfinn]

the lewis structure that has a lone pair ready to donate would be a base, while the lewis structure carrying a positive charge is an acid.

[Helen Struble 2F]

Lewis acids can accept electrons because they have an empty orbital. So, to identify a Lewis acid, just look for an incomplete octet. Lewis bases have to have a lone pair (though not every structure with a lone pair is a Lewis base, obviously).

[Bradley Whitworth 4B]

If the molecule has lone pairs it is more than likely a lewis base because it can donate those electrons and if a molecule has a positive charge it is more likely to accept electrons therefore it is a lewis acid.

[Veronica Lu 2H]

Lewis acids will donate electrons and Lewis bases will accept electrons