GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
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An acid is electron deficient.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hint: Lewis acids can accept electrons to form bonds. They have vacant orbitals in them, so they form bonds by accepting electrons in vacant orbitals and so they are electron deficient molecules.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to this definition, an acid is an electron pair acceptor and a base is an electron pair donor. Therefore, a Lewis acid can be defined as a chemical entity that can accept a pair of electrons from a Lewis base to form a coordinate covalent bond with it.
Detailed explanation-3: -To avoid confusion between the Lewis and the Bronsted definitions of acids and bases, Lewis bases are sometimes called nucleophiles, and Lewis acids are called electrophiles.
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