[Carbon12]

Hi,

I ALWAYS the two the wrong way around, I know one is an Electron Pair donor and the other an Electron pair acceptor ?


How can I make sure I get it the right way around ? Does anyone have a good rhyme ?


Cheers

C12

[seventyfourable]

a nucleophile is an electron pair donor

[Ari Ben Canaan]

Phile indicates love for something.

Hence, nucleophile indicates something that is nucleus loving.

Only a negative species could love something as positive as a nucleus

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

[illusionz]

(Original post by Carbon12)
Hi,

I ALWAYS the two the wrong way around, I know one is an Electron Pair donor and the other an Electron pair acceptor ?


How can I make sure I get it the right way around ? Does anyone have a good rhyme ?


Cheers

C12

Nucleii are positively charged.
Electrons are negatively charged.
Phile = to like.

Nucleophiles are attracted to positive charge, electrophiles are attracted to negative charge.

From that you can infer that nucleophiles are electron donors, and electrophiles electron acceptors.

[Carbon12]

OK - like Paedophile, someone who likes Children. Eletrophiles LOVES Electrons ? I like that Idea thank you

[Ari Ben Canaan]

(Original post by Carbon12)
OK - like Paedophile, someone who likes Children. Eletrophiles LOVES Electrons ? I like that Idea thank you

Yes, precisely