Donated/accepted electrons

Whereas a large number of metal-sulfur clusters are present in nature, carbonyl clusters are exclusively products of chemical synthesis. They have been widely used in industrial catalytic processes17 and some of these processes are triggered by the redox aptitude of these species.lc g As for the metal-sulfur clusters, we will briefly discuss their structures and their propensity to donate/accept electrons in order of increasing nuclearity. We will consider only homonuclear and homoleptic metal-carbonyl derivatives. However, it is noted that heteronuclear derivatives are gaining considerable interest due to the synergistic effect of metal-metal bonds possessing a polar character.lc,ld... 

The trans effect is also strongly present when the metal is coordinated to 71-acids which are able to form back donation, accepting electron density from the metal center. In this case, the trans effect probably takes place because the 7r-acids can provide a pathway for the removal of electron density from the vicinity of the trans ligands and hence stabilize the transition state, facilitating the nucleophilic attack on the metal center. 

We have seen that a base can be defined as combining with a proton and, therefore, requires at least one lone pair of electrons. A more general definition of acids and bases, due to G. N. Lewis, describes a base as any species (atom, ion or molecule) which can donate an electron pair, and an acid as any species which can accept an electron pair— more simply, a base is an electron-pair donor, an acid an electron-pair acceptor. Some examples of Lewis acids and bases are ... 

For ionic reactivity two cases must be considered depending on the electron demand the thiazole ring may either be electron donating or electron accepting. 

Hydroperoxides are decomposed readily by multivalent metal ions, ie, Cu, Co, Fe, V, Mn, Sn, Pb, etc, by an oxidation-reduction or electron-transfer process. Depending on the metal and its valence state, metallic cations either donate or accept electrons when reacting with hydroperoxides (45). Either one... 

Ceitain acid dyes can have thek fastness piopeities impioved by combining the dye with a metal atom (chelation). The most common metal is chromium, although cobalt is sometimes used, and this can be introduced in a number of ways. The basic mechanism is donation of electron pans by groups in the dye (ligands) to a metal ion. For example, has a coordination number of 6, and therefore will accept six lone pans of electrons. Typical ligand groups... 

In a spontaneous reaction, electrons are donated by (flow away from) the half-reaction with the more negative reduction potential and are accepted by (flow toward) the half-reaction with the more positive reduction potential. Thus, in the present case, isocitrate donates electrons and NAD accepts electrons. The convention defines as... 

The Lewis definition of acids and bases is broader and more encompassing than the Bronsted-Lowry definition because it s not limited to substances that donate or accept just protons. A Lewis acid is a substance that accepts an electron pair, and a Lewis base is a substance that donates an electron pair. The donated electron pair is shared between the acid and the base in a covalent bond. 

This review will endeavor to outline some of the advantages of Raman Spectroscopy and so stimulate interest among workers in the field of surface chemistry to utilize Raman Spectroscopy in the study of surface phenomena. Up to the present time, most of the work has been directed to adsorption on oxide surfaces such as silicas and aluminas. An examination of the spectrum of a molecule adsorbed on such a surface may reveal information as to whether the molecule is physically or chemically adsorbed and whether the adsorption site is a Lewis acid site (an electron deficient site which can accept electrons from the adsorbate molecule) or a Bronsted acid site (a site which can donate a proton to an adsorbate molecule). A specific example of a surface having both Lewis and Bronsted acid sites is provided by silica-aluminas which are used as cracking catalysts. 

The alkali chlorates melt before decomposition [844], The catalytic properties of Co304 in promoting [865] the solid phase decomposition of NaC103 are attributed to the ability of the oxide to donate an electron to an oxygen atom, temporarily accepted at its surface from a CIO ion, prior to molecular oxygen formation and desorption. The progressive increase in E during reaction (from 120 to 200 kJ mole-1) is associated with systematic deactivation of the surface. 

Lewis acidity. A 77-acid is a ligand that can accept electrons hv using 17-orbitals, and a 17-base donates electrons by using 17-orbitals. On the basis of these definitions, describe each of the following ligands as either a ir-acid, a ir-base, or neither ... 

The cyclic conjugation is continuous if the donors are on one side of the cyclic chain and the acceptors are on the other side (Scheme 14a). Electrons delocalize from a donor Dj to Aj. The electron accepted by Aj can readily delocalize to the neighbor on the other side because it is an acceptor (A ). An electron can delocalize from D, to A. The delocalization can take place along the other path. donates an electron to A. The resulting electron hole in can be supplied with an electron by the neighbor Dj. This is equivalent to the delocalization from Dj to A. Electrons can delocalize in a cyclic manner. Thermodynamic stability of continuously conjugated molecules is under control of the orbital phase property or determined by the number of n electrons. 

From the orbital phase theory an outstanding electron-donating (accepting) bond toward both the C-H and C-C bonds is predicted to prefer as long sequential conjugation of mutually antiperiplanar bonds as possible. The electron delocalization... 

C09-0138. In the following reactions, phosphorus forms a bond to a Row 2 element. In one reaction, phosphoms donates two electrons to make the fourth bond, but in the other reaction, phosphorus accepts two electrons to make the fourth bond. Use Lewis structures of starting materials and products to determine in which reaction phosphoms is a donor and in which it acts as an acceptor. 

When an alkali metal contacts water, metal atoms donate electrons to water molecules, producing hydrogen gas and a solution of the metal cation (for example, Na ). When a metal such as Ca, Zn, or Fe is treated with a strong aqueous acid, hydronium ions in the acid solution accept electrons from metal atoms, creating cations that then dissolve. We describe these redox reactions in Chapter 4. Zinc metal, for example, reacts with hydrochloric... 

Taft et al. [28] proposed the solvatochromic parameters, tt, a, and p, which describe three solvent s abilities, respectively, to stabilize a charge or a dipole by virtue of its dielectric effect, to donate a proton (or accept an electron pair), and to accept a proton (or donate an electron pair). It was shown that the AN for nonprotonic solvents correlates... 

Oxidation- reduction An inert metal dips into a solution containing ions in two different oxidation states. An example consists of a platinum wire dipping into a solution containing ferrous and ferric ions. Such a cell is described by Pt Fe2 (c,). Fe3 (c2). The comma is used to separate the two chemical species which are in the same solution. These electrodes are similar to the gas electrodes, except that the two species involved in the electrode reaction are ions. The electrode reaction in the example is Fe3 + e Fe2, and there is the possibility of the electrode either donating or accepting electrons. 

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