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Which of the following steps does occur during the Lewis acid-base reaction between carbon dioxide and water?
A. select this answer option if you think that all of these
steps occur!
B. a C-O sigma bond is broken to facilitate an open orbital on the
C atom
C. a new C-O coordinate covalent pi bond is formed
D. a proton is transferred within the reaction-intermediate in order to optimize formal charge distribution
option D is correct. Proton is transferred in order to optimize formal charge distribution.