nucleophile

See also: nucléophile

English

Etymology

nucleo- +‎ -phile

Noun

nucleophile (plural nucleophiles)

(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

Translations

compound or functional group attractive to centres of positive charge

Czech: nukleofil m

See also

Lewis base

Further reading

“nucleophile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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