Question

What are Electrophiles and Nucleophiles? Write the difference between them.

Answer 1

Electrophile is a reagent attracted to electrons.Electrophiles are positively charged or neutral species having vacant orbitals that are attracted to an electron rich centre.

A nucleophile is a chemical species that donates an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond in relation to a reaction. All molecules or ions with a free pair of electrons or at least one pi bond can act asnucleophiles.