Essays Tagged: "Lewis acids and bases"

Classificaion of Scandium and Zinc are not transitional metal base on their general chemistry and properties

ld result (see table)3) They have an unparallel propensity for forming co-ordination compounds with Lewis base, coordination compounds (or complex) is formed when a Lewis base (ligand) is attached to ... rst row transitional series, have an unparallel propensity for forming co-ordination compounds with Lewis base, coordination compounds (or complex) is formed when a Lewis base (ligand) is attached to ...

(8 pages) 59 0 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Splitting of d-Orbitals

of a pair of electrons by one atom or ion. Ligands that have these lone pair electrons behave like Lewis bases which are defined as an electron pair donor. The metal ion in the middle is said to beha ...

(6 pages) 22 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Lewis Acids and Bases

Lewis Acids and BasesLewis acids and bases play an important role in chemical reactions because, exc ... rstanding of chemical reactions, such as acid and base interactions, derives from acceptance of the Lewis definition of acids and bases, which alternated the earlier Brønsted-Lowry concept. Acc ... philes) are electron pair donors.AlCl3 + (CH3)3N ↔Al-Cl3N+(CH3)3In the above example, AlCl3 is Lewis acid because it have unoccupied valence orbital and can receive electron pairs from (CH3)3N, w ...

(1 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Acylation lab

ine chemical and pharmaceutical industry" 1. The reaction installs an acyl group with the help of a Lewis acid 2. Lewis acids, such as AlCl3, work as catalysts to make better electrophiles by pulling ... on-withdrawing group, and will deactivate the ring. Lastly, alkylations require catalytic amount of Lewis acids, whereas acylations require a stoichiometric amount.In this experiment, anisole was reac ...

(9 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2013

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry