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Name the term used for a reagent that brings an electron pair.


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Nucleophile:

  1. It's a chemical species that form bonds by giving another chemical species an electron pair. Nucleophiles are molecules and ions that have at least one pi bond and have a free pair of electrons
  2. Because nucleophiles share electrons, they are referred to as Lewis bases.
  3. Nucleophiles can take part in nucleophilic substitution and addition, in which a nucleophile attracts a full or partial positive charge.
  4. Nucleophilic reagents replace a molecule's leaving group and offer a pair of electrons for the creation of a new bond.
  5. Anions, such asCl-, or compounds with a lone pair of electrons, such asNH3, PR3are examples of nucleophiles.

Therefore, Nucleophiles are reagents that bring an electron pair.


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