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Identify the Lewis base in this balanced equation:

F e superscript 3 plus, plus 6 O bonded above and right to H and with pairs of electron dots left and below right arrow StartBracket F e bonded to the O in H 2 O spread evenly around the F e EndBracket superscript 3 plus.


Fe3+

H2O

Fe(H2O)63+

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
H2O is the Lewis base.
It donates lone electron pairs on oxygen to the Fe3+ (the Lewis acid), forming coordinate (dative) bonds in the [Fe(H2O)6]3+ complex.