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Meaning of nucleophile | Babel Free

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

Čeština nukleofil
Deutsch Nukleophil
Suomi nukleofiili
Français nucléophile nucléophile
Русский нуклеофил

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
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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