Species you should remember are in red.
Other species are included for your reference.
Most "other" species you should be able to figure out based on comparisons
to
"red" species.
Hard acids
H+, Li+, Na+,
K + , Rb+, Cs+
Be2+, Mg2+, Ca2+
, Sr2+, Ba2+
BF3, Al 3+, Si 4+,
BCl3 , AlCl3
Ti4+, Cr3+, Cr2+,
Mn2+
Sc3+, La
3+, Ce4+, Gd
3+, Lu3+, Th
4+, U4+
Ti4+, Zr
4+, Hf4+, VO
4+, Cr6+,
Si4+, Sn
4+
Soft acids
Tl+, Cu+, Ag+,
Au +, Cd2+
Hg2+, Pd2+, Pt 2+,
M0, RHg +, Hg22+
BH3
CH2
HO+, RO
+
Borderline acids
Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+
, Cu2+, Zn2+
Rh3+, Ir3+, Ru3+,
Os 2+
R3C+
, Sn2+, Pb
2+
NO+, Sb
3+, Bi3+
SO2
Hard bases
F-, Cl-
H2O, OH-, O2-
CH3COO- , ROH, RO-,
R2O
NO3-, ClO4-
CO32-, SO42-
, PO43-
NH3,
RNH2
N2H4
Soft bases
H-, I-
H2S, HS-, S2-
, RSH, RS-, R2S
SCN- (bound through S), CN-,
RNC, CO
R3P, C2H4, C
6 H6
(RO)3P, R
3As, S2O
32-
Borderline bases