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nucleophile

nucleophile noun: 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.

Noun

nucleophile (plural nucleophiles)

  1. 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.

nucleophile meaning in Persian

nucleophile in Persian

compound or functional group attractive to centres of positive charge
هستهدوست haste-dust

Forms of nucleophile

pluralnucleophiles

Origin of nucleophile

From nucleo- + -phile.

Words formed from nucleophile

Questions about nucleophile

What does nucleophile mean?
Nucleophile means 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.
What is nucleophile in Persian?
Nucleophile in Persian is هستهدوست (haste-dust). See Nucleophile meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is nucleophile?
Nucleophile is a noun.
What is the plural of nucleophile?
The plural of nucleophile is nucleophiles.

Words near nucleophile in the dictionary

  1. nucleonic
  2. nucleonics
  3. nucleons
  4. nucleopetal
  5. nucleophagy
  6. nucleophile
  7. nucleophiles
  8. nucleophilic
  9. nucleophilic substitution
  10. nucleophilic substitutions
  11. nucleophilically

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