All Exams › NEET Previous Year Questions › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques › Electrophiles and nucleophiles › Question #5140
The correct statement regarding electrophile is
A
Electrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile
B
Electrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from another electrophile
C
Electrophiles are generally neutral species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile
D
Electrophile can be either neutral or positively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile
Check Answer
Explanation
Electrophiles are neutral or positive electron-pair acceptors.
Detailed Solution
Fact: an electrophile is an electron-deficient species, either neutral or positively charged, that forms a bond by accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile.
