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nucleophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-ophile
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From nucleo- + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nucleophiles (plural)

Derived Forms

binucleophile bionucleophile carbonucleophile dinucleophile heteronucleophile nucleophilic pronucleophile

Phrases

Lewis base

Frequently Paired Words

Lewis base

Questions

What does nucleophile mean?
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.
Where does nucleophile come from?
From nucleo- + -phile.

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