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Lewis Base
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What is Lewis Base?
A Lewis base is a species that can donate a lone pair of electrons to a Lewis acid to form a coordinate covalent bond. Lewis bases are electron-pair donors and include ammonia (NH₃), water (H₂O), halide ions, and amines. The Lewis base–acid concept encompasses all Brønsted–Lowry bases and extends to reactions involving no proton transfer at all.
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A Lewis base is a species that can donate a lone pair of electrons to a Lewis acid to form a coordinate covalent bond. Lewis bases are electron-pair donors and include ammonia (NH₃), water (H₂O), halide ions, and amines. The Lewis base–acid concept encompasses all Brønsted–Lowry bases and extends to reactions involving no proton transfer at all.
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L-Alanine
C3H7NO2
L-Arginine
C6H14N4O2
L-Asparagine
C4H8N2O3
L-Aspartic acid
C4H7NO4
L-Cysteine
C3H7NO2S
L-Glutamic acid
C5H9NO4
L-Glutamine
C5H10N2O3
L-Histidine
C6H9N3O2
L-Isoleucine
C6H13NO2
L-Leucine
C6H13NO2
L-Lysine
C6H14N2O2
L-Methionine
C5H11NO2S
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