What is a Lewis base?

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Lich
Sep 3, 2014

In the Lewis definitions of acids and bases, a Lewis acid is defined as an electron pair 'acceptor', which will acquire an electron pair. A Lewis base is anything that gives this electron pair, hence the term 'donor'.

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