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nucleophile

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Françaisnucléophile
DeutschNukleophil
Русскийнуклеофил
2 more languages
Češtinanukleofil
Suominukleofiili

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

nucleophilic substitution nucleophilicity nucleophosmin nucleophosphatase nucleophosphoprotein nucleoplasm

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