Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
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Q.
A nucleophile is:
Electron-rich species
Electron-deficient species
A Lewis acid
Positively charged species
Q.
An electrophile is:
an electron-rich species
a Lewis base
a negatively charged species
an electron-deficient species
Q.
Which of the following is not an electrophile?
Aluminium tribromide
Boron trifluoride
Ammonia
Tin (IV) chloride
Q.
Which one is the most basic in aqueous solution?
Ammonia
Methanamine
Dimethylamine
Trimethylamine
Q.
Which of the following is an electrophilic agent?
Water
Hydroxide
Nitronium
None of these
Q. Nucleophiles may be negatively charged, neutral or they may contain double bonds.
- True
- False
Q. In neutral molecules such as HX, due to polarity of the H−X bond a partial positive charge is generated on the halogen atom X.
- True
- False
Q. is an electrophile.
- BH3
- NH3
- H2O
- CH3OH
Q. is not a nucleophile.
- H2
- CH3OH
- H2O
- NH3
Q. The hybridisation of boron in BH3 molecule is .
- sp3
- sp2
- sp
- sp3d