What is an electrophile?

See electrophile word is made up by the joining of two words “electro+phile.

Electro means the “electron “

and phile means “loving”

in short the electrophile is electron loving specie or attacking reagent that attacks only on the part of molecule with high electron density.

For example :-

H+ , H3O+ , NH4+   and BF3 etc

Published by Ankush Sharma

I am M.Sc (chemistry ) from Punjabi University Patiala. I am a science teacher with expertise in chemistry, with 8 years of experience in teaching. Writing and blogging is my hobby, I write whenever I am free. I am constantly working on creating a new and easy way of learning the tough things in an effective way. I am constantly working to make authentic and reliable information to be shared with my students and widen the horizons of knowledge.

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