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Offline ILoveISO

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How to determine what's a nucleophile?
« on: February 05, 2010, 11:40:54 PM »
Why is CH3Cl a electrophile and CH3NH2 a nucleophile?

Isn't CH3Cl full of electrons? Why is it deficient? =/
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Offline KritikalMass

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Re: How to determine what's a nucleophile?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 11:58:38 PM »
CH3Cl is an electrophile b/c the electronegative chlorine is pulling electron density away from the carbon. The CH3NH2 is a nucleophile b/c of the lone pair of electrons on the nitrogen.

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