nancy9494 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hello! I have to find whether the N or the O are better at giving electrons to react in a lewis acid base. I think that since O is more electronegative it will not do a good job at giving up electrons because it wants more to fill its octet while N is less electronegative it will be better at giving its electrons to B in the BH3 molecule. Is there more to this? or would the N bond better to the BH3 than O in all for molecules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 15 hours ago, nancy9494 said: Hello! I have to find whether the N or the O are better at giving electrons to react in a lewis acid base. I think that since O is more electronegative it will not do a good job at giving up electrons because it wants more to fill its octet while N is less electronegative it will be better at giving its electrons to B in the BH3 molecule. Is there more to this? or would the N bond better to the BH3 than O in all for molecules? I think you're pretty much correct, though you could leave out the stuff about the octet. You could also make an argument about atomic size, but it amounts to the same thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy9494 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabcockHall Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I would think about other resonance forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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