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<p>A <b>Lewis acid</b> is a chemical species that contains an empty <a href="page.php?w=Non-bonding_orbital">orbital</a> which is capable of accepting an <a href="page.php?w=electron_pair">electron pair</a> from a Lewis <a href="page.php?w=Base_%28chemistry%29">base</a> to form a Lewis <a href="page.php?w=adduct">adduct</a>. A <b>Lewis base</b>, then, is any species that has a filled orbital containing an electron pair which is not involved in <a href="page.php?w=Covalent_bond">bonding</a> but may form a <a href="page.php?w=dative_bond">dative bond</a></p><p>
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