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Q.Name the Lewis acids and bases in the complex [PtCl2(NH3)2].

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Step 1. Recall the acid-base framing of complex formation (section 9.1). Ligands, as electron-pair donors, behave as Lewis bases; the central metal ion, as electron-pair acceptor, behaves as a Lewis acid.

Step 2. Apply it to [PtCl2(NH3)2]. The central platinum(II) ion is electron-deficient and accepts electron pairs -- it is the Lewis acid. Both NH3 (via its nitrogen lone pair) and Cl- (via a chlorine lone pair) donate electron pairs to platinum -- both are Lewis bases.

✓Final answer

Lewis acid: Pt(II) ion. Lewis bases: NH3 and Cl- ligands.

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