Question

What is Ambient Nuclcophile?

Answer 1

${\mathfrak{\underline{\underline \purple {Ambient \: \: \: Nucleophile}}}}$

Ambient nucleophiles are those nucleophiles which contain 2 nucleophilic centres. In other words, two sites of negative charge and excess electrons. A good example of an ambient is the cyanide ion

-CN

here the nucleophilic centres are C- and :N:

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