electrophile

See also: électrophile

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

electrophile (plural electrophiles)

1. (chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.

Related terms

• electrophilic

Translations

compound which attracts electrons

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親電體／亲电体 (qīndiàntǐ)

• Georgian: ელექტროფილი (elekṭropili)
• Indonesian: elektrofil
• Italian: elettrofilo (it) m
• Japanese: 求電子剤 (きゅうでんしざい, kyūdenshizai), 求電子試薬 (きゅうでんししやく, kyūdenshishiyaku), 求電子種 (きゅうでんししゅ, kyūdenshishu)
• Korean: 친전자체(親電子體) (chinjeonjache)
• Malayalam: ഇലക്ട്രോഫൈൽ (ilakṭrōphail)
• Persian: الکترون‌دوست
• Portuguese: eletrófilo m
• Spanish: electrófilo m
• Turkish: elektrofil (tr)

See also

• Lewis acid