Definition of Nucleophile

1. Noun. (chemistry) 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 ¹

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Definition of Nucleophile

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nucleophile

1. A species that loves a nucleus. Since nuclei are positively charged, nucleophiles are negatively charged or bear a partial negative charge. Examples are lone pairs or a hydroxide ion. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleophile

nucleolonema
nucleolus
nucleolus organiser
nucleolus organiser region
nucleolus organizer
nucleolytic
nucleometallation
nucleomicrosome
nucleon
nucleon number
nucleonic
nucleonics
nucleons
nucleopetal
nucleophil
nucleophile (current term)
nucleophiles
nucleophilic
nucleophilic substitution
nucleophilically
nucleophilicities
nucleophilicity
nucleophosmin
nucleophosphatases
nucleophylic
nucleoplasm
nucleoplasmic
nucleoplasmic index
nucleoplasmin
nucleoplasms

Literary usage of Nucleophile

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1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... becomes more basic than the nucleophile. " The borderline, where nucleophilic and general base catalyzed reactions proceed side by side at equal rates, ..."

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