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Species that violate the octet rule or have electron-acceptor properties

In chemistry, electron deficiency is jargon that is used in two contexts: chemical species that violate the octet rule because they have too few valence electrons and species that happen to follow the octet rule but have electron-acceptor properties, forming donor-acceptor charge-transfer salts.