Base anhydride
A base anhydride is an oxide of a chemical element from group 1 or 2 (the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, respectively). They are obtained by removing water from the corresponding hydroxide base. If water is added to a base anhydride, a corresponding hydroxide salt can be re-formed.
Base anhydrides are not Brønsted–Lowry bases because they are not proton acceptors. However, they are Lewis bases, because they will share an electron pair with some Lewis acids, most notably acidic oxides.[1]
Examples
Group 1 oxides
Lithium oxide, which reacts with water forming lithium hydroxide
Sodium oxide, which reacts with water forming sodium hydroxide
Potassium oxide, which reacts with water forming potassium hydroxide
Rubidium oxide, which reacts with water forming rubidium hydroxide
Caesium oxide, which reacts with water forming caesium hydroxide
Francium oxide, which reacts with water forming francium hydroxide
Group 2 oxides
Magnesium oxide, which reacts with water forming magnesium hydroxide
Calcium oxide, which reacts with water forming calcium hydroxide
Strontium oxide, which reacts with water forming strontium hydroxide
Barium oxide, which reacts with water forming barium hydroxide
Radium oxide, which reacts with water forming radium hydroxide
Other
Thallium oxide, which reacts with water forming thallium hydroxide
See also
- Acidic oxide
References
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