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 What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example !

 Ambident Nucleophiles are the ios which possess two nucleophilic centers.  They bond with other ions with both the centers resulting in speices of different configuration. 

 

Example: cyanide ion: CN- and nitrile ion NO3-

Cyanide has two nucleophilic centers one on Carbon and other on Nitrogen.

Nitrile has one on Nitrogen and other on Oxygen!! 

 

For further details see NCERT Pg 292 in Part II NCERT.

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ambident nucleophi;es are thos nucleophiles which cn donate  or make bonds from  both ends for example CN- I.E CYANIDE

CN-  can form bond fron both endsi.e from N also AND from C also.

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 ambident nucleophile is a species capable of donating electrons to electron deficient species ...by two or more than two atoms on an anion , compound or any substance to do so 

 e.g  RCN(cyanides)  n RNC (isocyanides)  in both N & C act as donors and thus conformes that both are ambident nucleophiles

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Ambident nucleophiles are nucleophiles which can attack through two different sites.

ex: Cyanide group can attack through C or N because of resonanace structure to give alky cyanide or iso cyanide.

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Those nucleophiles that can attack throughtwo sites are called ambient nucleophiles. Eg CN as it can attack through C and N both.
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Nucleophiles which have two attacking sites.
For ex- CN
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Ambident Nucleophiles are the ios which possess two nucleophilic centers. They bond with other ions with both the centers resulting in speices of different configuration.
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