and they arebasesbecause they are proton (hydrogen atom) acceptors and tend to carry a net positive electrical charge. These compounds do not need to be consumed in the human diet, although they are found in some foods; they can be synthesized...
Also in 1923, G.N. Lewis from UC Berkeley modified the definition of acids and bases to account for reactions that couldn't be explained using the Brønsted-Lowry conception. In Lewis' theory, bases are electron-pair donors while acids are electron-pair acceptors. This conception helps explai...