Which atom(s) is/are electrophilic in methanol (ch3oh)?
1 answer:
Let us understand the two terms
a) Nucleophile: which can give electrons it can be either negative or neutral
b) electrophile: which can accept electrons due to empty orbitals or incomplete octet. It can be positive or neutral
In methanol
Oxygen carries two lone pairs of electrons so it will be nucleophilic
while carbon and hydrogen being bonded to highly electronegative atom oxygen will be electrophilic
so answer is
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