ELECTROPHILIC


Meaning of ELECTROPHILIC in English

[elec.tro.phil.ic] adj (1936) 1 of an atom, ion, or molecule: having an affinity for electrons: being an electron acceptor

2: involving an electrophilic species "an ~ reaction"--compare nucleophilic -- elec.tro.phi.lic.ity n

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