How to pronounce“electrophiles”in English

OK, now that we have nucleophiles and electrophiles as our players for today, let’s get into the fun stuff: what happens when they run into each other in a lab?

As we can see in the structure of TBP, phenol directs electrophiles to the ortho and para parking spots.

In this episode we’ve learned that: Nucleophiles are Lewis bases that donate electrons and attack electrophiles Electrophiles are Lewis acids that are attacked by nucleophiles