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Meaning of "nucleophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NUCLEOPHILE

nucleophile  [ˈnjuːklɪəfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUCLEOPHILE

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nucleophile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NUCLEOPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nucleophile

A nucleophile is a chemical species that donates an electron pair to an electrophile to form a chemical bond in relation to a reaction. All molecules or ions with a free pair of electrons or at least one pi bond can act as nucleophiles. Because nucleophiles donate electrons, they are by definition Lewis bases. Nucleophilic describes the affinity of a nucleophile to the nuclei. Nucleophilicity, sometimes referred to as nucleophile strength, refers to a substance's nucleophilic character and is often used to compare the affinity of atoms. Neutral nucleophilic reactions with solvents such as alcohols and water are named solvolysis. Nucleophiles may take part in nucleophilic substitution, whereby a nucleophile becomes attracted to a full or partial positive charge.

Definition of nucleophile in the English dictionary

The definition of nucleophile in the dictionary is a molecule, atom, or ion that behaves as an electron donor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUCLEOPHILE


audiophile
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cinephile
ˈsɪnɪˌfaɪl
defile
dɪˈfaɪl
file
faɪl
high-profile
ˌhaɪˈprəʊfaɪl
hydrophile
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪl
iodophile
aɪˈɒdəfaɪl
low-profile
ləʊ ˈprəʊfaɪl
paedophile
ˈpiːdəʊˌfaɪl
pedophile
ˈpiːdəʊfaɪl
profile
ˈprəʊfaɪl
rank-and-file
ˌræŋkənˈfaɪl
technophile
ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUCLEOPHILE

nucleolate
nucleolated
nucleole
nucleoli
nucleolus
nucleon
nucleon number
nucleonic
nucleonically
nucleonics
nucleophilic
nucleophilicity
nucleoplasm
nucleoplasmatic
nucleoplasmic
nucleoprotein
nucleoside
nucleosomal
nucleosome
nucleosynthesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUCLEOPHILE

ailurophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
cartophile
chile
electrophile
eosinophile
Europhile
extremophile
Francophile
heterophile
homophile
logophile
mesophile
necrophile
neutrophile
oenophile
Russophile
thermophile
videophile
xenophile

Synonyms and antonyms of nucleophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nucleophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUCLEOPHILE

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The translations of nucleophile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nucleophile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亲核试剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nucleófilo
570 millions of speakers

English

nucleophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nucleophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النيوكليوفيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нуклеофил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nucleófilo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারমাণবিক পদার্থবিজ্ঞান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nucléophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nukleonik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nucleophil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

求核試薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

친핵체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nukleonics
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nucleophin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nucleonics
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न्यूक्लोनिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nucleonics
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nucleofilo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nukleofil
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нуклеофил
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nucleofil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρηνοφίλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nukleofiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nukleofil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nucleophile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nucleophile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEOPHILE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUCLEOPHILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nucleophile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUCLEOPHILE»

Discover the use of nucleophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nucleophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Organic Chemistry
In the case of an SN1 reaction, the nucleophile does not become involved until after the rate-determining step. Therefore, changing the nucleophile has no effect on the rate of an SN1 reaction, although it may change the product of the reaction  ...
Joseph Hornback, 2005
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Organic Chemistry: An Acid—Base Approach
A nucleophile is a species that donates electrons to carbon, as first introduced in Chapter 2, Section 2.6. A nucleophile is any species that donates electrons to an electron-deficient car- bon, forming a new bond to carbon. In the previous ...
Michael B. Smith, 2011
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Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
11.5.9 Structure-Function Correlations with the Nucleophile The rates of SN2 reactions correlate well with relative nucleophilicities, because the nucleophile is intimately involved in the rate-determining step. In SN1 reactions, the nucleophile  ...
Eric V. Anslyn, Dennis A. Dougherty, 2006
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Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part A: Structure and Mechanisms
and nucleophile. 269 RY + rate = - d[RX] dt = )t[RX][Y: Because the nucleophile is intimately involved in the rate-determining step, not only will the rate depend on its concentration, but the nature of the nucleophile will be very important in ...
Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg, 2000
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Organic Chemistry
If a nucleophile but no acid or base is present, the reaction mechanism will begin with the nucleophile attacking the electrophilic carbonyl carbon atom (make a new bond between a nucleophile and an electrophile). The 11- bond of the ...
William Brown, Brent Iverson, Eric Anslyn, 2013
6
Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach
In the second stage, the tosylate is reacted with sodium azide, resulting in the azide nucleophile displacing the tosylate group. Finally, the azide is reduced using LiAlH4 to give the amine. 11.7.3 The effect of the nucleophile In the SN1 ...
James Keeler, Peter Wothers, 2013
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Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part A: Structure and Mechanisms
The optimum reactant from a steric point of view is CH3–X, because it provides the minimum hindrance to approach of the nucleophile. Each replacement of hydrogen by an alkyl group decreases the rate of reaction. As in the case of the ...
Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg, 2007
8
CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, ...
Arnold, R.D. and Du, X., The photochemical nucleophile-olefin combination, aromatic substitution (photo-NOCAS) reaction. Part 5: methanol-monoterpenes (a - and P-pinene, tricyclene and nopol), 1,4-dicyanobenzene, Can. J. Chem., 72, 403, ...
William M. Horspool, Francesco Lenci, 2003
9
Organic Chemistry, part 2 of 3
In an SN1 reaction, the addition of the nucleophile to the sp3 hybridized carbon takes place after the leaving group departs. Therefore, the nucleophile has no effect on the rate of the reaction because the rate of addition of the nucleophile is  ...
Richard Daley
10
Human Anatomy: Skeletal and Muscular Systems
The line, leading from the right edge of the page to each electrophile and ending in an arrowhead, represents the attack of some nucleophile upon that electrophile, with the point of attack being the atom at which the arrowhead is directed.
Robert K. Clark, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUCLEOPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nucleophile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Some respite from Testing times
Which hydrogen atom is replaced by the nucleophile?” What I say is, “Para position.” What I think is, “Which past sin made karma throw me ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Dispelling nickel's catalytic demons
The team proposes that the nucleophile attacks the metal–carbon bond directly, similar to that seen in to Pd(iv) and Pt(iv) systems. Figure 3 – A ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jun 15»
3
Chemical doublespeak
... where a focus on the metal's electrophilic attack in a carboalumination reaction — rather than the nucleophile formed by the attack — led to ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
4
Alkynes reverse reactivity
... conjugate addition of the nucleophile beta- to iodine (figure 3). Alpha-elimination of 2-iodobenzoic acid to give a carbene and a 1,2-migration ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jan 15»
5
Try Some Reactions. Actually, Try Them All.
... this time varying catalyst loading, amount of nucleophile, and amount of base. 5 of the 6 yielded to that optimization, which confirms the usual ... «Corante, Nov 14»
6
Boron and beryllium finally shake hands
10 years ago, few reactions existed where boron behaved as an nucleophile. That all changed with the advent of lithium diazaborolide in 2006 ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Nov 14»
7
The Ebola questions
(NH3 is a stronger nucleophile and a slightly smaller molecule than H2O). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC354068/?page=1 The ... «Nature.com, Oct 14»
8
Neil Garg's Organic Chemistry: UCLA's Most Beloved Class
Carbocation, yeah you, it's time to bounce / Nucleophile, do your thing, attack, it's time to pounce." In making the video, Butler said, she learned ... «India West, Jul 14»
9
An Easy Way to Make Cyclic Peptides
The reaction needs a strong nucleophile, like thiolate. O- would work, but then you'd be outside of normal pH ranges. As for para-specific, the ... «Corante, Jul 14»
10
Rice University produces carbon-capture breakthrough
"You've got to have that nucleophile (the sulfur or nitrogen atoms) to start the polymerization reaction. This would never work on simple ... «EurekAlert, Jun 14»

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