What are ambident nucleophiles?

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Posted by Surbhi . 7 years, 7 months ago
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Aarushi Dhiman 7 years, 6 months ago
Sree Ram 7 years, 7 months ago
Yogita Ingle 7 years, 7 months ago
The nucleophiles which has two different electron donor atoms and can attack through two different sites are called ambident nucleophiles.
For example : Cyanide ion (CN) has two resonating structures :
C≡N
C=N
So, it can attack through carbon to form cyanides and through N to form isocyanides or carbylamines.
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Aarushi Dhiman 7 years, 6 months ago
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