lewis acid or lewis base? then draw the product.
H3C^+ :NH3 ---->
I'm assuming H3C is the acid and :NH3 is the base? As for drawing out the product I don't know what to do.
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Are you sure that it is H3C?
H3C+ yes that's what the problem says
Lewis acids are electron pair acceptors (CH3+), and Lewis bases are electron pair donors (NH4).
thank you. but when the question asks me to draw out the product am I drawing two structures or one?
for instance would i draw something like this? the diagonal lines are suppose to be straight lines.
H-C-H
/
H-N-H
/
H
H-C-H
/
H-N-H
/
H
You forgot an H at the top of the C, but yes.
oh i did. thank you for your responses!
it's wrong you have to put the lone pairs and the charge somewhere you do something with both.