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Keywords: Donate, Covalent, Pair, Adduct, Gilbert

Related Terms: Conjugate, Intramolecular, Radical , Hydrogen Bonding, Condensation Reaction, Dissociation Constant, Hydrogen Bond, Lewis Acid, Lewis Structure, Ligand, Adenosine Triphosphate, Molecules, Oxidation-Reduction Reaction, Complexation, Lone Pair, Electron Transport, Combinatorial Chemistry, Covalent Bond, Electron Acceptor, Electron Donor, Free Radical, Atp, Electron Transport Chain, Electron Carrier, Cytochrome, Phosphorylation, Steric Hindrance, Covalent Compound, Nucleophile, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Chemical Bond, Conjugate Acid, Conjugate Base, Polar Bond, Complex, Nonpolar Covalent Bond, Molecular Geometry, Valence Electron, Polar Covalent Bond, Polyatomic Ion, Polar Molecule, Phosphate Group, Resonance, Stereochemistry, Stereoisomer, Adenosine Diphosphate, Coordination Compound, Electrophile, Respiratory Chain

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An electron-pair donor. A substance that acts in the same way as the OH-ion to donate a pair of electrons.

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any substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.

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Lewis base is an agent capable of donating a pair of electrons to form a coordinate bond.

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A substance capable of donating an electron pair

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A compound which can act as an electron pair donor.

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a molecular entity (and the corresponding chemical species) that is able to provide a pair of electrons and thus capable of co-ordination to a Lewis acid, thereby producing a Lewis adduct

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a molecule which can donate an electron pair to a Lewis acid to form a covalent bond

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a species which donates an electron pair to form such a bond

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Any species that can make available a share in an electron pair.

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A Lewis base is any molecule or ion that can form a new coordinate covalent bond, by donating a pair of electrons, named after the American chemist Gilbert Lewis. The term base is ambiguous. This is one interpretation.

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