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Coordinate Covalent Bond

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Substances which can donate lone pairs of electrons to form coordinate covalent bonds are called:

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Lewis acids

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Lewis bases

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Arrhenius acid

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Arrhenius base

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Solution

The correct option is A Lewis bases
Lewis defined acids as the species which are electron deficient and bases as electron rich species. Therefore lewis acids can accept electrons and lewis base can donate electrons.
B is correct.

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