Associations to the word «Nucleophilic»

Wiktionary

NUCLEOPHILIC, adjective. (chemistry) of, or relating to a nucleophile
NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION, noun. (chemistry) in aliphatic organic chemistry, a form of substitution reaction in which the leaving functional group is replaced with a nucleophile

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley