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They are here. Now. (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by hihi24522@lemm.ee to c/surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works

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[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh, that's not exactly right. Defining acidity in terms of electrons is not the most common way of thinking about acid-base reactions, but if you want to go that route, Lewis acids are defined as being "electron acceptors," so the meme isn't wrong, it's just a non-standard easy of phrasing things (as befits this community).

Source: I teach college-level chemistry.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I teach chemistry also but had not thought about the possibility that they were refering to the protons that will react with nucleophile compound, thus "stealing" electrons.

I was thinking about the base that is left, and is perfectly contempt with the electron density around the acid site (and could to some extent also be a Lewis base).

But Lewis acids have nothing to do with lemons yet I see your point !