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Is water a Lewis base?
Is water a Lewis base?
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Water:
- Water is a compound that contains the elements hydrogen and oxygen and is connected by covalent bonds.
- The compound which can donate an electron pair to an acceptor compound is known as Lewis base.
- In a water molecule, oxygen has 6 valence electrons and therefore requires 2 additional electrons from 2 hydrogen atoms in order to complete its octet.
- Thus there are two pairs of lone electrons on an Oxygen atom that are not bound to any other atoms.
- Since the Oxygen atom contains a lone pair of electrons, the water molecule is an example of a Lewis base.
Water:
- Water is a compound that contains the elements hydrogen and oxygen and is connected by covalent bonds.
- The compound which can donate an electron pair to an acceptor compound is known as Lewis base.
- In a water molecule, oxygen has 6 valence electrons and therefore requires 2 additional electrons from 2 hydrogen atoms in order to complete its octet.
- Thus there are two pairs of lone electrons on an Oxygen atom that are not bound to any other atoms.
- Since the Oxygen atom contains a lone pair of electrons, the water molecule is an example of a Lewis base.
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