Is carbon monoxide an electrophile

[DanielLee3H]

Carbon monoxide has a double bond and lone pairs on the oxygen, but the oxygen pulls strongly on the carbon making the partial positive charge large. But wouldn't it also have a strong negative charge?

[Aileen Nguyen 3N]

Carbon Monixide is an Electorphile.
The C=O bond is very polar and the carbonyl carbon is very positive. The carbonyl bond is very polar. There is a partial positive charge on the carbon and a partial negative charge on the oxygen, because oxygen is more electronegative than carbon. This charge separation is intensified because of the double bond between the carbon and oxygen. Rather than just pulling one pair of bonding electrons towards itself, the oxygen pulls two pairs of electrons towards itself. Because of the positive charge on the carbonyl carbon, the most important theme in carbonyl chemistry is reaction of the carbonyl as a Lewis acid and lewis acids are electorphiles.