Pearson soft Lewis acid (generic) Soft Lewis acid (generic)   Special class of generic used to represent "generic chemical reactivity behaviour" rather than structure. Wikipedia Page: Soft Lewis acid (generic) is defined with respect to the entities below: The entities below are defined with respect to: Soft Lewis acid (generic) Borane Bromine Bromine cation Cadmium ion Carbene, dialkyl (generic) Copper(I) ion Gold(I) Ion Hydrogen sulfenium ion Hydroxy cation Iodine Iodine cation Mercury(I) ion Mercury(II) ion Methylene Palladium(II) ion Platinum(II) ion Selenium cation (generic) Silver ion Thallium(I) ion Thallium(III) ion Thiocation (generic) 1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene chemical compound molecule metal molecular science reaction mechanism ionic material acid base geometry reactivity synthesis science knowledge chemistry Lewis