Answer to Question #18834 in Organic Chemistry for Anissa

Question

I want to know if we can have a compound that behaves as a nucleophile and an electrophile at the same time?
thank you.

Answer 1

Organic compounds which behave as an electrophile as wellas a nucleophile: Organic compound in which carbon is bonded with
electronegative atom (O, N, S) by multiple bond/bonds behaves as electrophile
as well as nucleophile:
R – C – H, R – C – R, R – C – OH, R – C – Cl, R – C – OR,R – C – NH 2 , R – C = N, R – N = C