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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The number of nucleophiles in the following list is \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{NH}_2, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}, \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{H}_4, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{SH}\)

  1. A \(3\)
  2. B \(2\)
  3. C \(4\)
  4. D \(1\)
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(B) \(2\)

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\(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{NH}_2\) have lone pair on the nitrogen that can be donated. So it is a good Nucleophile.