Q. Which behaves both as a nucleophile as well as an electrophile?
A) $CH_{3}OH$
B) $CH_{3}NH_{2}$
C) $CH_{3}CN$
D) $CH_{3}Cl$
Explanation
(c)
$CH_{3}NH_{2}\$and $CH_{3}OH$ are nucleophiles, $CH_{3} - Cl$ is an electrophile. But [image:12_image279.emf] is a nucleophile due to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on N and is an electrophile due to the presence of a partial positive charge on C
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