Difference between Lewis, Bronsted, and Conjugate acids and bases

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Tawny Vu 1A
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Difference between Lewis, Bronsted, and Conjugate acids and bases

Postby Tawny Vu 1A » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:37 pm

I don't understand the difference between Lewis, Bronsted, and Conjugate acids and bases. Could someone explain them? Also what's a good way to remember the differences?

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Re: Difference between Lewis, Bronsted, and Conjugate acids and bases

Postby Rebekah Han 2K » Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:40 am

Lewis acid/base are based off of electrons. Lewis acids accept electrons while lewis bases donate electrons. Brondsted Lowry acid/base are based off of protons (H+). Bronsted acids donate protons while Bronsted bases accept protons. For conjugate acids and bases, a conj acid-base pair differ by only one proton. A conj base is formed when a proton is taken away from an acid while a conj acid is formed when a proton is added to a base.


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