krbender07 krbender07

10-04-2020
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Can Hydrocyanic acid be a Lewis Acid? What about a Lewis Base?

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williamser williamser

23-04-2020

HCN is a Bronsted acid; it can dissociate into H+ and CN-. And H+ is a Lewis acid because it accepts election pairs. ... In order for H+ and CN- to be formed, Hydrogen in HCN donates its electrons to Carbon. So in this sense, Hydrogen is the lewis base and Carbon is the lewis acid.

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