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Why does CH2===O behaves as both electrophile and nucleophile

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It has both postiive and negative charges. As oxygen is more electronegative than carbon, it withdraws electron toward itself.
CH2+ - O- ,
Both positive and negative charges are there. That is why it behaves like electrophile and nucleophile.

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