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What kind of substance accepts an electron pairs?

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Lewis acid like Al3+, I2

Bronsted-Lowry acids like H3O+

But not Bronsted-Lowry bases like OH- or S2- and not Lewis base like NH3 because they can NOT accept an electron pair (octet rule)

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Lewis acid like Al3+, I2

Bronsted-Lowry acids like H3O+

But not Bronsted-Lowry bases like OH- or S2- and not Lewis base like NH3 because they can NOT accept an electron pair (octet rule)

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The correct answer is acid.

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alkali

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Lewis acid like Al3+, I2

Bronsted-Lowry acids like H3O+

But not Bronsted-Lowry bases like OH- or S2- and not Lewis base like NH3 because they can NOT accept an electron pair (octet rule)

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As the definition of a Lewis acid says:

"Capable of accepting electron pair (from a (Lewis) base".

So H+ and Ag+ are both Lewis acids compared in the following reaction with ammonia:

(in which the N-atom is donating the unbound electron pair as being a 'Lewis' base)

  1. H+ + NH3 --> HNH3+
  2. Ag+ + 2NH3 --> Ag(NH3)2+

[As you can see the 'Lewis' definition is much wider than the 'Bronsted/Lowry': it needs free places for an electron pair, not H+]

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alkali

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