CHEBI:39143 - Lewis acid

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ChEBI Name Lewis acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:39143
Definition A molecular entity that is an electron-pair acceptor and therefore able to form a covalent bond with an electron-pair donor (Lewis base), thereby producing a Lewis adduct.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143) is a acceptor (CHEBI:15339)
Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143) is a acid (CHEBI:37527)
Incoming aluminium trichloride (CHEBI:30114) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
antimony pentafluoride (CHEBI:193146) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
antimony trichloride (CHEBI:74856) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
chromium(3+) trichloride (CHEBI:53351) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
iron trichloride (CHEBI:30808) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
iron trichloride hexahydrate (CHEBI:86254) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
zinc dichloride (CHEBI:49976) has role Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
electrophilic reagent (CHEBI:59739) is a Lewis acid (CHEBI:39143)
IUPAC Name
Lewis acid
Synonyms Sources
accepteur d'une paire d'électrons IUPAC
acide de Lewis IUPAC
electron acceptor
Note: (2008-01-16) The usage of this term as a synonym for Lewis acid is discouraged by IUPAC.
ChEBI
electron-pair acceptor IUPAC
Lewis-Säure ChEBI
Last Modified
30 June 2015