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Assertion :CN ion is an ambident nucleophile. Reason: Nucleophiles are electron rich species.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

An ambident nucleophile is an anionic nucleophile whose negative charge is delocalized by resonance over two unlike atoms or over two like but non-equivalent atoms. The most common ambident nucleophiles are enolate ions. For example, the resonance forms of cynaide ion are shown below.


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