NEET 2017
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2017
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- General Organic Chemistry
NEET 2017 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry
The correct statement regarding electrophile is,
The correct statement regarding electrophile is,
Options
- Aelectrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
- Belectrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from another electrophile.
- Celectrophiles are generally neutral species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
- Delectrophile can be either neutral or positively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
Correct answer
D. electrophile can be either neutral or positively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
Step-by-step solution
Electrophiles are either neutral (electron-deficient) or positively charged species.
These are electron deficient or electron loving species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
For example, (\mathrm{NO}_2^{+}, \mathrm{Br}^{+}, \mathrm{R}_3 \mathrm{C}^{+}, \mathrm{SO}_3, \mathrm{FeCl}_3) etc.