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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question

Question

An electrophile acts as a when it reacts with a nucleophile.
Options
A Bronsted-Lowry base
B Arrhenius base
C Lewis acid
Correct Answer
D Lewis base
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

An electrophile accepts an electron pair from a nucleophile during a reaction. This is the definition of a Lewis acid (electron pair acceptor).

Hint

What is the definition of a Lewis acid?

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