Usually means: Attracted to positively charged centers.
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  1. nucleophilic: Merriam-Webster
  2. nucleophilic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nucleophilic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nucleophilic: Wiktionary
  5. nucleophilic: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. nucleophilic: Dictionary.com
  7. Nucleophilic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. nucleophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Nucleophilic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleophilic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. nucleophilic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (chemistry) of, or relating to a nucleophile

Similar:
electrophilic, supernucleophilic, nucleofugal, nucleotidic, nucleolar, ionophilic, nucleasic, nucleative, neutrophilic, nucleolic, more...

Types:
aliphatic, aromatic, haloalkane, haloaromatic, primary, secondary, tertiary, more...

Phrases:
nucleophilic attack, nucleophilic substitution, nucleophilic displacement, nucleophilic catalysis, Nucleophilic aromatic substitution, more...

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Similar:
electrophilic, supernucleophilic, nucleofugal, nucleotidic, nucleolar, ionophilic, nucleasic, nucleative, neutrophilic, nucleolic, more...

Types:
aliphatic, aromatic, haloalkane, haloaromatic, primary, secondary, tertiary, more...

Phrases:
nucleophilic attack, nucleophilic substitution, nucleophilic displacement, nucleophilic catalysis, Nucleophilic aromatic substitution, Nucleophilic acyl substitution, Nucleophilic addition, more...



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