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Lewis acid base theory is actually an electron pair theory.
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So instead of looking at hydrogen ions, we're actually looking at electron pairs when we look at lewis acids and lewis bases.
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So a lewis acid is going to be an element or compound that can accept electrons, right, electron pairs.
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So this could be something like a positively charged metal ion, right? so zinc plus 2, for example.
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So positive ions are likely to accept electrons because they're already lacking electrons.
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Another classic example of a lewis acid would be bf3.
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Bf3 is a compound that only has three bonds on it.
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So it actually defies the octet rule when we look at boron...