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Aedra Li 3H
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6A.13

Postby Aedra Li 3H » Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:25 pm

Why is Ag+ a Lewis acid?
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Nawal Dandachi 1G
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Re: 6A.13

Postby Nawal Dandachi 1G » Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:27 pm

because it's an electron-pair acceptor
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Kristina Rizo 2K
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Re: 6A.13

Postby Kristina Rizo 2K » Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:10 am

I also had a question for this hw problem. For b) BF3, why is it an acid, I thought it couldn't accept anymore electrons because b valence electrons is 3 and its already filled by 3 F's?
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sarahwu3a
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Re: 6A.13

Postby sarahwu3a » Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:22 am

BF3 is an acid because the boron atom can still complete the octet by accepting another electron pair.
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Ziyan Wang 3J
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Re: 6A.13

Postby Ziyan Wang 3J » Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:30 pm

Yes, Ag+ + e- -> Ag, it can accept electron to be back to original state,. By definition, it is a Lewis acid.
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Re: 6A.13

Postby Cassandra_1K » Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:12 pm

Would F- be a base or an acid being that F alone doesn't fill the valence shell?
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