inaccensa Full Member 15+ Year Member Joined Sep 5, 2008 Messages 511 Reaction score 1 Points 4,551 Medical Student Aug 1, 2009 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Why is chloride ion a lewis base? I always thought that lewis bases give up electrons rt. Should we think of this interms of conjugate acid and base, since chlorine is a acid and chloride ion is its conjugate base?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Why is chloride ion a lewis base? I always thought that lewis bases give up electrons rt. Should we think of this interms of conjugate acid and base, since chlorine is a acid and chloride ion is its conjugate base?
C crazybob Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 9, 2009 Messages 7,402 Reaction score 8 Points 4,551 Aug 1, 2009 #2 lewis bases can donate a pair of electrons. a chloride ion has 8 valence electrons, so it can donate a pair to form a bond with another atom. Upvote 0 Downvote
lewis bases can donate a pair of electrons. a chloride ion has 8 valence electrons, so it can donate a pair to form a bond with another atom.
