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Classify each of the following as an electrophile

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Concepts and reason

Electrophile is an electron loving and nucleophile is a nucleus loving.

Electron pair acceptors are electrophiles, they have empty orbitals.

Electron pair donors are nucleophiles, they have non-bonding electrons.

Fundamentals

Lewis acid (electrophile) reacts with Lewis base (nucleophile) to form a new covalent bond.

electrophile
nucleophile
H₃C
H3C—
<+
+
Br:
-
> H3C—
¢-Br:
Į
Lewis bas
CH3
CH3
Lewis acid

Nucleophile (electron-rich species) reacts with electrophiles (electron-poor ones).

Electrophiles are positively charged species or neutral species with vacant orbitals.

Nucleophiles are negatively charged species or contain lone pairs.

The electrophiles are as follows:

C-
+

The nucleophiles are as follows:

Ans:

The electrophiles and nucleophiles are classified as follows:

Electrophiles
Nucleophiles
Hz0+
NH3
HO-
CH3Br
H2O

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