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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which of the following is not an electrophile?

  1. A \(\mathrm{CN}^{-}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{BF}_3\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{NO}_2^{+}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{AlCl}_3\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{CN}^{-}\)

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Electrophile is a species that forms bonds with nucleophiles by accepting an electron pair, because electrophiles accept electrons, they are Lewis acids. \(\mathrm{CN}^{-}\)is nucleophile, which is electron rich in nature and electrophile is electron deficient in nature and…