NR3: Acid or Base? Answers to Your Questions

Thread starter alingy2
Start date Mar 25, 2014
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The discussion focuses on determining whether NR3 is an acid or a base, emphasizing the need for more than just the formula for accurate classification. Participants clarify that "R" represents an aliphatic group consisting of saturated carbons. There is a request for a Lewis structure of NR3 to aid in understanding its properties. The confusion surrounding the classification of NR3 as an acid or base is a central theme. Understanding the molecular structure is crucial for proper identification.

Mar 25, 2014

alingy2

Should I need more info than just the formula to know if acid or base? Why?
I am really confused. What does R stand for?

SORRY, I MEANT NR3. PLEASE IGNORE CH3NH3ClO2.

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Mar 25, 2014

Yanick

R means an aliphatic group (saturated carbons). Can you draw a lewis structure of NR₃?

Mar 26, 2014

Borek

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