nucleophilen.
/ˈnjuːklɪəfʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uklioʊˌfaɪl/ Chemistry.
A nucleophilic substance or molecule.
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1952 Science 2 May 488/2 All unambiguous cases of Sγ2′ displacement upon allylic halides involving amines as the entering nucleophile have been demonstrated with dialkyl amines.
1953 C. K. Ingold Struct. & Mechanism Org. Chem. v. 201 All bases are nucleophiles.
1971 Nature 5 Nov. 42/1 Any agent which..can therefore react with nucleophiles in the cell, is a potential carcinogen.
1981 P. Sykes Guidebk. to Mechanism in Org. Chem. (ed. 5) x. 283 In some cases it is possible, with optically active halides, to demonstrate inversion of configuration at the carbon atom undergoing nucleophile attack.
1990 BioFactors 2 150/2 The bulky ligand..flexes the corrin ring towards the alkyl ligand and results in steric hindrance to the approach of the nucleophile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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