BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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    Which of the following is not a nucleophile?

    A) \[B{{F}_{3}}\]                    

    B)        \[N{{H}_{3}}\]

    C) \[C{{N}^{-}}\]   

    D)        \[O{{H}^{-}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Key Idea: Electron donors having lone pair of electrons are nucleophile. (i) \[B{{F}_{3}}\]is not nucleophile because it does not have lone pair of electrons. It is infact Lewis acid because it accepts pair of electron (ii) \[N{{H}_{3}},C{{N}^{-}}\]and \[O{{H}^{-}}\]all have lone pair of electrons, so they are nucleophiles.


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