Question

In the reaction of aluminum bromide with ionized sodium bromide which compoiund is the lewis acid

Answer 1

The answer is A) Aluminum Bromide
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Answer 2

Aluminium bromide

Step-by-step explanation:

Thinking process:

The aluminium bromide has the following structure:

`AlBr_(3)`

The compound is a Lewis acid.

Aluminium bromide has a vacant p-orbital so it accepts a lone pair of electrons and acts as a Lewis acid.

Sodium bromide, on the other hand, donates electrons and acts as a Lewis base like this:

`AlBr_(3) + Br^(-) = AlBr^(-) _(4)`

Thus, clearly the bromide ion is a base, and it donates electrons.