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Question: What is a Lewis acid and a Lewis base?
Answer: A Lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor, while a Lewis base is an electron pair donor.

Example:

Boron trifluoride (BF3) is a Lewis acid, accepting a pair of electrons from a Lewis base like ammonia.
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