Chemical Entity Data Page

Acid, Lewis (AS/A2 generic)
Lewis acid (AS/A2 generic)
  Belongs to a sub-set of generics specific to the British A-Level exam system.




A Lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. Group III species like BF3 and AlCl3 are Lewis acids. So are electrophiles like carbocations.

Lewis acid (AS/A2 generic)
is defined with respect to the entities below:
The entities below are defined with respect to:
Lewis acid (AS/A2 generic)
Aluminium bromide


Aluminium chloride


Aluminium chloride dimer


Aluminium fluoride


Aluminium hydride


Borane


Boron tribromide


Boron trichloride


Boron trifluoride


Diborane


Electrophile (AS/A2 generic)


Iron(III) bromide


Iron(III) chloride


Sulfur trioxide


Zeolite


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