Acid vs base [ENDORSED]

[Roni Touboul]

Whats the difference between a Lewis acid and Lewis base?

[Nicholas Carpo 1L]

A Lewis Base is a species that donate e- pairs (ie. NH3, F-, OH-). While, a Lewis Acid is one that accepts e- pairs (ie. BF3, H+).

[Javier_Ochoa_DIS_3J]

Lewis bases give electrons and Lewis acids receive electrons.

[905109118]

Whats the difference between a Lewis acid and Lewis base?

Lewis Acid: a species that accepts an electron pair and will have vacant orbitals
Lewis Base: a species that donates an electron pair and will have lone-pair electrons

[Yiting_Gong_4L]

Lewis acid accepts electrons while Lewis base donates electrons.

[Krista Mercado 1B]

A Lewis acid is an electron acceptor and a Lewis base is an electron donor.

[mayra martinez 1D]

Lewis acids have empty orbitals which means that they can accept electrons while lewis bases give away their electrons.

[Chris Freking 2G]

Lewis Acids accept electrons while Lewis Bases donate electrons.

This is not to be confused with Bronsted:
Bronsted acids donate protons while Bronsted Bases accept protons.

[Yixiao Hu 3C]

acids donate H+ and accepts e-; while bases donate e- and accepts H+

[Mikka Hoffman 1C]

Lewis acids accept electron pairs and lewis bases are electron donors.

[MaiaRodriguezChoi3E]

A lewis acid is an electron accepter while a base is an electron donor.

[MaiaRodriguezChoi3E]

How do these definitions differ from the Bronsted definitions?

[Hannah Padilla 1H]

A Lewis acid accepts electrons and a Lewis base donates electrons. A Bronsted acid donates protons and a Bronsted base accepts protons.

[Hilda Sauceda 3C]

Lewis acid accepts electrons and Lewis base donates electrons.

[Alma Carrera 3C]

How do you know if a compound is an acid or base simply by looking at the compound name?

[JT Wechsler 2B]

A lewis base donates electrons while the lewis acid accepts electrons.