Question

are the followings nucleophile/electrophile
A. CH3COOH + HO- = CH3COO- + H2O
B. CH3COCH3 + CN- = (CH3)2C(CN)(OH)
C. C6H6 + CH3C+0 = C6H5C0CH3

Answer 1

Here according to the question

we have to determine the electrophile or nucleophile from the following reactions

we have to determine from these reactions:-

A. CH3COOH + HO- = CH3COO- + H2O

B. CH3COCH3 + CN- = (CH3)2C(CN)(OH)

C. C6H6 + CH3CO+ = C6H5C0CH3

•and for the option A the answer would be(OH-) nucleophile because nucleophile is electron rich species and nucleophile donate electron pair to electron deficient species

•and for the option B the answer would be nucleophile (CN-)because nucleophile is electron rich species and nucleophile donate electron pair to electron deficient species

•and for the option C the answer would be electrophile(CH3CO+) because electrophiles are electron deficient species and can accept an electron pair from rich species.