Question

what are ambident nucleophiles??

Answer 1

An ambident nucleophile is an anionic nucleophile whose negative charge is delocalized by resonance over two unlike atoms or over two like but non-equivalent atoms. The most common ambident nucleophiles are enolate ions. For example, the resonance forms of acetone enolate are shown below.

Answer 2

Answer:

Those nucleophiles which have two sites of attachment, i.e., two nucleophilic sites but can attach through any one point, i.e., through one donor atom are called ambident nucleophiles.

Eg : Nitrite ion