"electrophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electrophiles [plural]
Etymology: electro- + -phile Etymology templates: {{confix|en|electro|phile}} electro- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} electrophile (plural electrophiles)
  1. (chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond. Wikipedia link: electrophile Categories (topical): Chemistry Related terms: electrophilic, Lewis acid Translations (compound which attracts electrons): 親電體 (Chinese Mandarin), 亲电体 (qīndiàntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ელექტროფილი (elekṭropili) (Georgian), elektrofil (Indonesian), elettrofilo [masculine] (Italian), 求電子剤 (kyūdenshizai) (alt: きゅうでんしざい) (Japanese), 求電子試薬 (kyūdenshishiyaku) (alt: きゅうでんししやく) (Japanese), 求電子種 (kyūdenshishu) (alt: きゅうでんししゅ) (Japanese), 친전자체 (chinjeonjache) (alt: 親電子體) (Korean), ഇലക്ട്രോഫൈൽ (ilakṭrōphail) (Malayalam), الکتروندوست (Persian), eletrófilo [masculine] (Portuguese), electrófilo [masculine] (Spanish), elektrofil (Turkish)

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