{"id":193111,"date":"2025-02-19T05:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=193111"},"modified":"2025-02-19T05:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:12:28","slug":"nh-is-the-base-and-aici-is-the-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/nh-is-the-base-and-aici-is-the-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"NH, is the base and AICI, is the acid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AICI, + :NH, ?<br>NH, is the base and AICI, is the acid. The product is a Lewis acid-base complex.<br>Write the product(s) of the reaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the given reaction, <strong>AlCl\u2083<\/strong> (Aluminum chloride) is the Lewis acid and <strong>NH\u2083<\/strong> (ammonia) is the Lewis base. The reaction leads to the formation of a Lewis acid-base complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reaction:<\/strong><br>AlCl\u2083 (acid) + NH\u2083 (base) \u2192 AlCl\u2083\u00b7NH\u2083 (Lewis acid-base complex)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lewis Acid and Base Concept:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>Lewis acid<\/strong> is a substance that can accept a pair of electrons. It has an electron-deficient center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>Lewis base<\/strong> is a substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond. It has a lone pair of electrons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Role of AlCl\u2083:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aluminum chloride (AlCl\u2083) acts as a Lewis acid because aluminum (Al) has an incomplete electron shell, making it electron-deficient and capable of accepting electron pairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specifically, the aluminum atom in AlCl\u2083 has an empty p-orbital and can accept electron pairs from a Lewis base, such as ammonia (NH\u2083).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Role of NH\u2083:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ammonia (NH\u2083) acts as a Lewis base because nitrogen has a lone pair of electrons in its valence shell that can be donated to a Lewis acid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In this case, NH\u2083 donates its lone pair of electrons to the electron-deficient aluminum atom in AlCl\u2083.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Formation of the Complex:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When NH\u2083 donates its lone pair to the Al atom, a coordinate covalent bond is formed between nitrogen and aluminum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The result is the formation of a Lewis acid-base complex: <strong>AlCl\u2083\u00b7NH\u2083<\/strong>. The bond between Al and N in this complex is a dative bond, where both electrons in the bond come from the nitrogen atom of ammonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Product:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The product of the reaction is the <strong>AlCl\u2083\u00b7NH\u2083<\/strong> complex, where AlCl\u2083 is the Lewis acid, and NH\u2083 is the Lewis base. This complex may have different structures depending on the conditions, but generally, it forms a stable association between aluminum chloride and ammonia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AICI, + :NH, ?NH, is the base and AICI, is the acid. The product is a Lewis acid-base complex.Write the product(s) of the reaction: The Correct Answer and Explanation is : In the given reaction, AlCl\u2083 (Aluminum chloride) is the Lewis acid and NH\u2083 (ammonia) is the Lewis base. 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