nucleophile
The English word “nucleophile” has 1 meaning listed here.
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.
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