LEWIS ACID


Meaning of LEWIS ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlü-əs- ]

noun

Etymology: Gilbert N. Lewis died 1946 American chemist

Date: 1944

: a substance that is capable of accepting an unshared pair of electrons from a base to form a covalent bond

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