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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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