nucleophile
See also: nucléophile
English
Etymology
nucleo- + -phile
Noun
nucleophile (plural nucleophiles)
- (chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to centres of positive charge, and donates electrons, especially donating an electron pair to an electrophile to form a bond.
Derived terms
- binucleophile
- carbonucleophile
- dinucleophile
- heteronucleophile
- nucleophilic
- pronucleophile
Translations
compound or functional group attractive to centres of positive charge
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See also
- Lewis base
Further reading
- nucleophile at OneLook Dictionary Search