Explain the concept of hard and soft acids with examples


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HSAB concept is an initialism for "hard and soft (Lewis) acids and bases". Also known as the Pearson acid-base concept, HSAB is widely used in chemistry for explaining stability of compounds, reaction mechanisms and pathways. ... HSAB theory is also useful in predicting the products of metathesis reactions.

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