Examples of 'nucleophile' in a sentence

Meaning of "nucleophile"

A nucleophile is a molecule or ion that is attracted to positively charged centers and tends to donate electrons in a chemical reaction
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  • 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.

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High yield nucleophile cooking of wood chips.
The reaction makes use of phloroglucinol as nucleophile.
A nucleophile is thus prone to attack this carbon.
It is preferred that the nucleophile is a simple amine.
The nucleophile can vary considerably in structure.
The best pH depends on the used nucleophile.
The organic nucleophile is preferably a carboxylic acid.
The reactive functionality is preferably a nucleophile or an electrophile.
Preferably the nucleophile is added as a thiocyanate salt.
Substitution of an alkyl halide with an amine nucleophile.
The preferred nucleophile is a primary or secondary amine.
This is followed by a rapid reaction with the nucleophile.
It is also a nucleophile for the production of methyl ethers.
Let us think about it first as a strong or weak nucleophile.
It is a powerful nucleophile that can be used to prepare methylthioethers.

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First it acts as a general base to activate water as a nucleophile.
And you have a good nucleophile in the ethylamine.
The nucleophile we are using here is dimethylaniline.
It is easy for a weak nucleophile to attack the carbon.
A nucleophile reacts by donating electrons to the electrophilic compound.
Bisulfate ion becomes the nucleophile at high acidity.
Allylation reagent and process for allylating a nucleophile.
A preferred nucleophile is a primary amine compound.
This right here is a weak nucleophile.
A most preferred nucleophile is sodium sulfide.
In situ reaction with the nucleophile.
If carboxylate is the nucleophile it is preferably masked as an ester or amide.
The carbon is an electrophile and the oxygen is a nucleophile.
Phenylmagnesium bromide is a strong nucleophile as well as a strong base.
Y is the benzylic halide reactive group and is a nucleophile.
It is a nucleophile and a strong base.
Several mechanism are possible to add a nucleophile on an aromatic substrate.
When the nucleophile is a chiral molecule diastereoisomers are formed.
In a preferred instance reaction with a nucleophile is carried out.
It would do a nucleophile attack on this carbonyl carbon right here.
The same goes for the selection of the nucleophile.
They also enhance the nucleophile character of double liaisons.
Triggering can also occur via attack by an external nucleophile.
An active site cysteine acts as a nucleophile in the cleavage reaction.
The nucleophile is green and the leaving group is red.
An excess of the nucleophile is desirable.
The nucleophile is a thiolate ion rather than a hydroxyl group.
The intermediate oxonium ion is trapped by a nucleophile usually solvent.
Preferably the strong nucleophile is a thiol or a group containing a thiol.
This is actually a weak nucleophile.
The terms nucleophile and nucleophilic group are used synonymously.
This occurs even if the equivalents of nucleophile are closely controlled.
Preferably the nucleophile is added as a salt with an inert anion.
Water is identified as a useful nucleophile.
The nucleophile can be substituted.

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