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Question
What is electrophiles? Give a suitable example.
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Solution
Electrophiles are reagents that are attracted towards a negative charge or electron-rich center. They are either positively charged ions or electron-deficient neutral molecules.
Example:
CO2, AlCl3, BF3, FeCl3, NO+, NO+2,, etc.
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