Acceptor (Noun)
Meaning 1
The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Meaning 2
(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- A ligand forms a coordinate covalent bond with a metal ion acting as the acceptor in the formation of a coordination complex.
- In the Lewis acid-base theory, a molecule that can accept an electron pair is called an acceptor.
- The metal ion is the acceptor of the lone pair of electrons from the ligand.
- The acceptor to which the electrons are donated is often a metal ion or a polarized covalent bond.
- The acceptor atom, normally a metal ion, receives a pair of electrons from the donor atom.