Chapter 16, Problem 16.118QP

Identify the Lewis acid and the Lewis base in the following reactions.

(a) $\text{Fe(}s\text{)}+5\text{CO}(g)\to {\text{Fe(CO)}}_{\text{5}}(l)$

(b). ${\text{BCl}}_{\text{3}}\text{(}g\text{)}+{\text{NH}}_{\text{3}}(g)\to {\text{Cl}}_{\text{3}}{\text{BNH}}_{\text{3}}(s)$

(c) ${\text{Hg}}^{\text{2+}}\text{(}aq\text{)}+{\text{4I}}^{\text{-}}(g)\to {\text{HgI}}_4^{2-}(aq)$