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Definition of Electrophile
1. Noun. (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electrophile
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Electrophile
1. A molecule or group that does not have enough electrons and will tend totake them from a molecule or group with an excess of elecrons (nucleophile). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrophile
Literary usage of Electrophile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"is the idea that nonbonded repulsion energy increases as a large electrophile
replaces hydrogen at a crowded or sterically confined site, and that this ..."
2. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Measurement of hemoglobin adducts in humans could serve as a biomarker of the
internal dose of a given electrophile (Ehrenberg and Osterman-Golkar, 1976). ..."
3. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... thereby becoming capable of conducting an electric current electrophile the
electron-attracting atom or agent in an organic reaction electrophilic ..."
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