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Do you expect carbohydrides of the type `[C_nH_(2n+2)]` to act as Lewis acid or base? Why?

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This type of carbon hydrides neither gain nor lose electrons because they contain exact number of electrons . They do not show either Lewis acid or Lewis base nature.
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