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Being amphoteric water can react both: Lewis acid and Lewis base.

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What is the acid and what is the base in the reaction HBr H2O - Br- H2O?

In the reaction, HBr donates a proton (H+) to H2O, making HBr the acid and H2O the base. The resulting products are Br- (conjugate base of HBr) and H3O+ (conjugate acid of H2O).


What is the conjugate acid for base H2O?

The conjugate acid of the base H2O is the hydronium ion (H3O+), which forms when H2O accepts a proton (H+).


What happens in a Lewis acid-base reaction?

An acid accepts an electron pair from a base.


Conjugate acid of H2O?

The conjugate acid of H2O is H3O+ (hydronium ion). When an acid donates a proton, it forms its conjugate base, and when a base accepts a proton, it forms its conjugate acid.


Does A base is a compound that produces OH ions in solution?

There are Bronsted-Lowry bases and Lewis bases... Brønsted bases accept protons (H+) and Lewis bases donate electrons... So something like H2O + H2O--> H3O (hydronium) + -OH would mean that H2O is a Bronsted base and acid. You have to look at it in context.


Is CH3OH a Lewis acid or base?

CH3OH is a Lewis base.


What are examples of a Lewis base?

Examples of Lewis bases include ammonia (NH3), water (H2O), and hydroxide ion (OH-). Lewis bases are molecules or ions that can donate an electron pair to form a covalent bond with a Lewis acid.


Is Br a Lewis acid or Lewis base?

Br can act as a Lewis base by donating its lone pair of electrons to form a coordinate covalent bond with a Lewis acid.


What happens in a Lewis acid base reaction?

In a Lewis acid-base reaction, a Lewis acid (electron pair acceptor) reacts with a Lewis base (electron pair donor) to form a coordination complex. The Lewis acid accepts electron pairs from the Lewis base, resulting in the formation of a coordinate covalent bond between the two species.


What is the conjugate acid for base OH?

The conjugate acid for the base OH- is H2O. This is because when OH- accepts a hydrogen ion (H+), it forms water (H2O).


Write the name of the conjugate base found in acid H2O?

OH -I assume.


What is a Lewis base acid?

Lewis acid is an electron acceptor / Lewis base is an electron donor. It is helpful to use this definition of acid and base in (1) organic chemistry (2) also when there are no Hydrogens present in the molecule. BF3 is a Lewis acid it seeks out and can accept electrons.