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Question 2.6: Using Curved Arrows to Show Electron Flow Using curved arrow...

Using Curved Arrows to Show Electron Flow

Using curved arrows, show how acetaldehyde, CH_{3}CHO, can act as a Lewis base.

Strategy
A Lewis base donates an electron pair to a Lewis acid. We therefore need to locate the electron lone pairs on acetaldehyde and use a curved arrow to show the movement of a pair toward the H atom of the acid.

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