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A substance can also be a Lewis acid even when it has a central
atom with a complete valence shell. This works when the central
atom has a double bond that, by the shifting of an electron pair to an

adjacent atom, can make room for an incoming pair of electrons
from a Lewis base. Carbon dioxide is an example. When carbon
dioxide is bubbled into aqueous sodium hydroxide, the gas is
instantly trapped as the bicarbonate ion.

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(aq)
CO + OH HCO 3(aq)
2(aq)
Lewis acid–base theory represents the movement of electrons in this

reaction as follows.

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The donation of an electron pair from the oxygen of the OH ion
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produces a bond, so the OH ion is the Lewis base. The carbon atom
of the CO accepts the electron pair, so CO is the Lewis acid.
2
2
(Jespersen, 2010)

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