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electrophiles

electrophiles is the plural of electrophile.

Meaning of electrophile

Noun

electrophile (plural electrophiles)

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

Questions about electrophiles

What is electrophiles the plural of?
Electrophiles is the plural of electrophile.

Words near electrophiles in the dictionary

  1. electropherotyped
  2. electropherotypes
  3. electropherotyping
  4. electrophil
  5. electrophile
  6. electrophiles
  7. electrophilic
  8. electrophilic substitution
  9. electrophilic substitutions
  10. electrophilically
  11. electrophilicities

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