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Is carbon monoxide a lewis acid?

erra akhil , 11 Years ago

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Akshay Meena

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According to the Bronsted - Lowry Theory:

Lewis acids are donators of electron pairs
Lewis bases are acceptors of electron pairs

CO has two electron pairs to donate
If you look into example of CO with BF3 you can see that CO is forming a coordinate bond with BF3 that means CO is donating its electron to BF3 and make itself a lewis acid

PS:[A coordinate covalent bond is one where both electrons to be shared come from the same atom]

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sajid

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According to the Bronsted - Lowry Theory:Lewis acids are donators of electron pairsLewis bases are acceptors of electron pairsCO has two electron pairs to donateIf you look into example of CO with BF3 you can see that CO is forming a coordinate bond with BF3 that means CO is donating its electron to BF3 and make itself a lewis acid A coordinate covalent bond is one where both electrons to be shared come from the same atom