Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
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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