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Nucleophlicity &basicity . explain


Nitin Verma 4th Dec, 2017
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Dinesh Gujarathi 5th Dec, 2017

Dear Nitin

Nucleophilicity (In the context of organic chemistry): Ability of a group with a lone pair of electrons to push another such group out of a carbon centre.

Basicity: Ability of a group to combine with a proton (Bronsted).
                Ability of a group to donate a lone pair (Lewis).

 

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https://www.quora.com/Organic-Chemistry-What-are-the-differences-between-nucleophilicity-and-basicity-1

 

All the best.

 

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