What Are Electrophiles And Nucleophiles Explain With Examples
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Electrophiles are electron deficient species and can accept an electron pair from electron rich species. Examples include carbocations and carbonyl compounds. A nucleophile is electron rich species and donates electron pairs to electron deficient species. Examples include carbanions, water , ammonia, cyanide ion etc.
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(1) The species which are electron seeking species i.e. electron deficient species are called electrophiles or electrophilic centre
(2) A polyatomic electrophile has an electron deficient atom in it called the electrophilic centre.
(3) They are positively charged species like H^+, NO^+_2, or neutral molecules with incomplete octet of electrons like BF_3, AICl_3, etc.
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