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A Lewis acid is a substance that can
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A Lewis acid is a substance that can

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accept a pair of nonbonding electrons,a Lewis acid is an electron-pair acceptor. A Lewis base is any substance, such as the OH- ion, that can donate a pair of nonbonding electrons. A Lewis base is therefore an electron-pair donor.
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