electrophilic

9.0

A molecule or atom that attracts electrons and reacts with electron-rich substances

adjective
/ɪˌlɛktrəˈfɪlɪk/

Specialized

: electrofílico

So now we are going to take our ferrocene and we're going to do a Friedel Crafts electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.

Examples

DIAGRAM: Scheme VII; Method for the incorporation of germanium into PHS using electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Academic text (2001)
And then this is a good very active for electrophilic substitution.
And you remember this contrasts with C double bond C, where the addition reactions are electrophilic, not nucleophilic.
Glutathione S-transferases are a family of enzymes for detoxification by catalyzing the conjugation of many hydrophobic and electrophilic compounds with reduced glutathione.

Academic text (2016)
In electrophilic reactions, the positively charged ion attracts electrons from electron-rich substrates.
The electrophilic nature of the molecule makes it reactive towards electron-donating compounds.
During the electrophilic addition of bromine to an alkene, the double bond opens up to form a brominated product.

Synonyms

electronegative

vselectrophilic

Specialized

8.1

Pulls electrons toward an atom or molecule

is defined by reacting with electron-rich species rather than just attracting electrons

Surface Forms

electrophilic positive

Morphology

electrophilic = electrophile (semi-transparent) = electro + phile + ic

The word is formed from a technical lexical base and the adjective-forming suffix -ic, so its meaning is partly recoverable but specialized.

Etymology

Electrophilic breaks into electro- meaning 'electron' or 'electric' and -philic meaning 'loving', the same idea as in hydrophilic ('water-loving'). So, an electrophilic molecule is 'electron-loving' and is drawn to substances that have extra electrons, which explains why it reacts with them.