| Term Name: | Lewis acid |
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| Synonyms: | accepteur d'une paire d'electrons, acide de Lewis, electron acceptor, electron-pair acceptor, Lewis acid, Lewis-Saeure |
| 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. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:39143] ( EBI ) |