nucleophile

See also: nucléophile

English

Etymology

From nucleo- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nucleophile (plural nucleophiles)

1. (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

• Czech: nukleofil m
• German: Nukleophil n

See also

• Lewis base

Further reading

• “nucleophile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.