Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781292089034
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 4P
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Interpretation: From the given compounds electrophiles and nucleophiles should be identified.

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Nucleophiles are the electron rich species and it can share at least a pair of electron. Nucleophiles have negative charge.

Electrophiles are electron deficient species; they look for a pair of electrons.  An electrophile has a positive charge, a partial positive charge or an incomplete octet that can accept electron.

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