Is a strong nucleophile a strong base?

How to find out whether a given compound is a good nucleophile or a good base.....?

  • yarr...how to find out whether a given compound is a good nucleophile or a good base.....? for example which of these is a good base and a good nucelophile CH3-CH2-O^- AND ...show more

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    Good nucleophile or a good base is a compound that has either negative charge(anion) or has extra electrons. OH^- is a good nucleophile, it is an anion NH3 and H2O are good nucleophiles because contain extra electrones on N one pair and O two paires. On oldgreek language phileo means want(like) so, the nucleophiles wants particles that are with positive charges like cations or with less electrones. Both of CH3-CH2-O^- and CH3-CH2-S^- are nucleophiles, that with O is stronger because the electronegativity of O is bigger than that one of S

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