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NO2+

Postby Blake_Katsev_2E » Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:59 pm

Why would this be an electrophile? it has a double bond around the N right? so that means a lot of electron density
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Re: NO2+

Postby Chem_Mod » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:40 am

Blake_Katsev_2E wrote:Why would this be an electrophile? it has a double bond around the N right? so that means a lot of electron density


The nitrogen contain an electron deficient orbital (hence the positive charge) which makes it electrophilic.
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