acceptor
Noun
Meaning
One who accepts
one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
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A Lewis acid is a species that accepts a pair of electrons from another species; in other words, it is an electron pair acceptor.
Because the chlorine is the one reduced, it is considered the electron acceptor, or in other words, induces oxidation in the sodium – thus the chlorine gas is considered the oxidizing agent.
Below is a schematic outline of the cycle: * The citric acid cycle begins with the transfer of a two-carbon acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to the four-carbon acceptor compound (oxaloacetate) to form a six-carbon compound (citrate).
For example, in E. coli, there are two different types of ubiquinol oxidase using oxygen as an electron acceptor.
For instance, phosgene is a highly reactive nucleophile acceptor, which makes it an excellent reagent for polymerizing diols and diamines to produce polycarbonate and polyurethane plastics.
Guanine has the C-6 carbonyl group that acts as the hydrogen bond acceptor, while a group at N-1 and the amino group at C-2 act as the hydrogen bond donors.