Associations to the word «Electrophilic»

Wiktionary

ELECTROPHILIC, adjective. (chemistry) of, or relating to an electrophile; electron deficient
ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION, noun. (chemistry) in aromatic organic chemistry, a form of substitution reaction in which the leaving functional group (normally hydrogen) is replaced with an electrophile

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope