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Cyanide or Macarthur Forrest Process

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In hydrolysis the alkali metal oxides, peroxides and superoxides act as:

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Lewis acid

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Lewis Base

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C

Bronsted acid

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Bronsted base

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Solution

The correct option is D Bronsted base
They all abstract protons from water which is why they act as Bronsted bases.

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