Explain Lewis acids and bases with suitable examples.

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Explain Lewis acids and bases with suitable examples. 

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Lewis acids are lone pair (of e- ) accepters while Lewis bases are lone pair donators. AlCl3 is a Lewis acid while NH3 is a Lewis base.

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