This process can help explain why nonmetallic oxides form solutions with low pH in water.
This process can help explain why nonmetallic oxides form solutions with low pH in water. In this theory, an adduct is created when the highest occupied molecular orbital of a molecule donates lone pairs of electrons to the other molecule's lowest unoccupied molecular orbital through a co-ordinate covalent bond.  The donating molecule is defined as a base, and the accepting molecule is an acid.  FTP, name the acid-base theory based on the exchange of electron pairs, the most broad class of acid-base definitions.          |
This process can help explain why nonmetallic oxides form solutions with low pH in water.
{Lewis} Acid-Base Theory