Do you expect the carbon hydrides of the type (CnH2n+2) to act as Lewis acid or base? Justify your answer.
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These carbon hydrides are electron precise hydrides. They contain sufficient valence electrons to form covalent bonds. They neither gain electrons nor lose electrons and hence, neither act as lewis acids nor act as lewis bases.
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