Example of a substance that is a Bronsted-Lowry, but not Arrhenius

pinkyjoshi65 · Dec 10, 2007

Could someone give and example of a substance that is a Bronsted-Lowry base, but not an Arrhenius base..

staf9 · Dec 10, 2007

Ammonia (NH3)

Accepts a proton (Bronsted-Lowry), yet does not disassociate hydroxide ions into water (not Arrhenius)

astro_kat · Dec 17, 2007

no think about Lewis acids/bases

staf9 · Dec 18, 2007

astro_kat said:

no think about Lewis acids/bases

Lewis bases are defined as being able to donate a pair of electrons, ammonia also falls into this category... is that what you mean?

NH3 is generally regarded as not an Arrhenius base since it autoionizes and is amphoteric:

NH3 + NH3 ⇄ NH4+ + NH2-

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