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carbonucleophile

carbonucleophile noun: any nucleophile containing a nucleophilic carbon atom.

Noun

carbonucleophile (plural carbonucleophiles)

  1. Any nucleophile containing a nucleophilic carbon atom

Forms of carbonucleophile

pluralcarbonucleophiles

Origin of carbonucleophile

From carbo- + nucleophile.

Questions about carbonucleophile

What does carbonucleophile mean?
Carbonucleophile means any nucleophile containing a nucleophilic carbon atom.
What part of speech is carbonucleophile?
Carbonucleophile is a noun.
What is the plural of carbonucleophile?
The plural of carbonucleophile is carbonucleophiles.

Words near carbonucleophile in the dictionary

  1. carbonothioates
  2. carbonothioyl
  3. carbonous
  4. carbons
  5. carbontetrachloride
  6. carbonucleophile
  7. carbonucleophiles
  8. carbonyl
  9. carbonyl chloride
  10. carbonyl cyanide
  11. carbonyl sulfide

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