Electrophiles are reagents attracted to electrons.
Electrophiles tend to be electron-deficient and carry partial positive charges. They are attracted to species with lone pairs of electrons. For example, protons
have no electrons and tend to share ones with other species, hence behaving as electrophiles in aqueous reactions. In the reaction between
and ammonia
, protons would be attracted to lone electron pairs on nitrogen atoms in ammonia molecules, which carry partial positive charges.
The Lewis Acid-base theory define Acids as species that accept electron pairs in a particular acid-base reaction. Electrophiles, by definition, tend to accept electrons. Lewis acids thus behaves as electrophiles in acid-base reactions. In the previous example,
demonstrates acidic behavior and can be inferred as an electrophile.
Answer:
Electrons are located in an electron cloud, which is the area surrounding the nucleus of the atom. There is usually a higher probability of finding an electron closer to to the nucleus of an atom.
Explanation:
Option A is correct answer.
According to octet rule, atoms have tendency to lose, gain and share electrons to complete its octet i.e. eight valence electrons are surrounded to the atom.
Since, sulphur contains six valence electrons and two chlorine atoms are present in the reaction having seven valence electrons. Thus, to complete their octet, chlorine shares a pair of electrons with the sulphur atom.
One of the causes of polarity is the unequal forces of the dipole forces due to differences in electronegativity. The more electronegative molecule tend to attract electrons, hence the polarity arrows point towards it. The electronegativity of Phosphorus and Fluorine is 2.19 and 3.98, respectively. Thus, it points outward towards the fluorine atoms.