Question

what is electrophile​

Answer 1

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• In organic chemistry, an electrophile is an electron pair acceptor.
• Electrophiles are positively charged or neutral species having vacant orbitals that are attracted to an electron rich centre.
• It participates in a chemical reaction by accepting an electron pair in order to bond to a nucleophile.

Answer 2

Answer:

Electrophiles:-)

ln simple language electrophiles are electron loving group i.e. they attract towards electrons so they must carry positive charge on them.

OR

The carbon species which are formed by hetrotrolytic cleavage and carry positive charge on them , so they get attracted towards the electrons or which have incomplete octet are generally known as electrophiles.

examples of electrophiles can be

$AlCl_3,BH_3, {H}^{ + }$