base

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00601
A @[email protected] or @[email protected] having an available pair of electrons capable of forming a @[email protected] with a @[email protected] (@[email protected]) (see @[email protected]) or with the vacant orbital of some other species (see @[email protected]).
See also:
hard base
,
superbase
Sources:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2176 [Terms] [Paper]
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1088 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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