Do you expect the carbon hydride of the type (C_(n)H_(2n+2)) to act Lewis acid or base? Justify you answer.

Do you expect the carbon hydride of the type (C_(n)H_(2n+2)) to act Le

1.	Do you expect the carbon hydride of the type (C_(n)H_(2n+2)) to act Lewis acid or base? Justify you answer.
Answer» Solution :It is NEITHER a Lewis acid nor a Lewis BASE. In all the hydrides belonging to this type, the carbon atoms have complete octet. Therefore, these hydrides behave as normal covalent hydrides also called saturated hydrocarbons or alkanes, `(e.g., CH_(4),C_(2)H_(6),C_(3)H_(8)etc)`. These are also called electron PRECISE hydrides. We shall study in DETAILS about these hydrides at a later stage in unit 13.