Group Work

• Identify the Lewis acid and the Lewis base:

  Co2+ + 4Cl- ? CoCl42-
  
  
  Cu2+ + 4NH3 ? Cu(NH3)42+
  
  

• The metal ion in each case is the acid and the nonmetal species is the base. The products are called complex ions.

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