Lewis acids and bases

This also presents an opportunity to illustrate Lewis acids and bases if you choose.

These bonds give rise to Lewis acids and bases.

Lewis acids and bases are commonly classified according to their hardness or softness.

Lewis acids and bases tend to act on added water to generate H+ and OH-.

Enzymes alter the electronic structure by protonation, proton abstraction, electron transfer, geometric distortion, hydrophobic partitioning, and interaction with Lewis acids and bases.

In most coordination polymers, a ligand (atom or group of atoms) will formally donate a lone pair of electrons to a metal cation and form a coordination complex via a Lewis acid/ base relationship (Lewis acids and bases).