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What is Lewis Acid and Lewis Base?

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Lewis acid:

Lewis acid is any acid which is an electron pair acceptor.

Lewis Base:

Lewis base is any base which is an electron pair donor.

A mnemonic device which can make it easy to memorize is:

In the english alphabets:

Acid comes before Base and Accepting comes before Donating

therefore,

Acid is associated with Accepting and Base is associated with Donating

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