Hard/Soft Acid-Base Theory

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We certainly know about acids and bases, and we know about the Lewis model of acidity and basicity. In transition metal complexes, the metal centers are acting as Lewis acids, and the ligands are acting as Lewis bases. But certain types of acids and bases interact best in this context. Hard acids interact best with hard bases, and soft acids interact best with soft bases. What do we mean by hard and soft? Watch this and find out! Watch the whole Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveInorganic General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1 Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2 Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath EMAIL► [email protected] PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT

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