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* Lewis Base- is an electron pair donor, which

can also be called nucleophiles.

* Lewis Acid- is an electron pair acceptor which

can also be called electrophiles.

* Gilbert N. Lewis- proponent of the Lewis Acid

Base Concept which states: An acid substance is one which can employ an electron lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms.

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Lewis acids and bases are defined in terms of electron pair transfers. A Lewis base is an electron pair donor, and a Lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor.
An organic transformation (the creation of products from reactants) essentially results from a process of breaking bonds and forming new ones. This process basically amounts to electron pair transfers. Ionic mechanisms involve electron pair transfers and are therefore described by the Lewis acid-base theory. The Lewis definition implies the presence of high electron density centers in Lewis bases, and low electron density centers in Lewis acids.

* To avoid confusion between the Lewis and the Bronsted

definitions of acids and bases, Lewis bases are sometimes called nucleophiles, and Lewis acids are called electrophiles.

* The term Lewis acid refers to a definition of acid published by

Gilbert N. Lewis in 1923, specifically: An acid substance is one which can employ an electron lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms. Thus, H3O+ is a Lewis acid, since it can accept a lone pair, completing its stable form, which requires two electrons.
electrons to a Lewis acid to form a Lewis adduct. For example, OH and NH3 are Lewis bases, because they can donate a lone pair of electrons. bases, because they can either accept a pair of electrons or donate a pair of electrons, depending upon the reaction

* A Lewis base, then, is any substance that donates a pair of

* Some compounds, such as H2O, are both Lewis acids and Lewis