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Carbon hydrides of the type, `C_(n)H_(2n+2)` do not act as Lewis acid or Lewis base. They behave as normal covalent hydrides bacause

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Carbon hydrides of the type `(C_(n)H_(2n+2))`are electron precise hydrides, i.e., they have exact number of electrons required to form normal covalent bonds. Hence, they do not have any tendency to either gain or lose electrons and thus they neither act as lewis acids or lewis bases.
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