Which of the following is an electrophile?

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(C) An electrophile is an electron-deficient species that accepts an electron pair to form a chemical bond.$H_2O$,$NH_3$,and $C_2H_5NH_2$ all possess

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$AlCl_3$

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(C) An electrophile is an electron-deficient species that accepts an electron pair to form a chemical bond.$H_2O$,$NH_3$,and $C_2H_5NH_2$ all possess lone pairs of electrons on the central atom ($O$ or $N$),making them nucleophiles.$AlCl_3$ is an electron-deficient compound because the central $Al$ atom has only $6$ electrons in its valence shell (an incomplete octet).Therefore,$AlCl_3$ acts as a Lewis acid and is an electrophile.

Column-$A$	Column-$B$
$(1)$ Free radical	$(A)$ Lewis base
$(2)$ Electrophile	$(B)$ Electrically neutral
$(3)$ Nucleophile	$(C)$ Octet complete
	$(D)$ Lewis acid
	$(E)$ Odd number of electrons
	$(F)$ Incomplete octet

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Which of the following is a nucleophile?

Giving justification,categorise the following molecules/ions as nucleophile or electrophile: $HS^{-}, BF_{3}, C_{2}H_{5}O^{-}, (CH_{3})_{3}N:, \overset{+}{Cl}, CH_{3}-\overset{+}{C}=O, H_{2}N:^{-}, \overset{+}{N}O_{2}$

Electrophiles are

Match the items in Column-$A$ with the appropriate items in Column-$B$:
Column-$A$ Column-$B$
$(1)$ Free radical $(A)$ Lewis base
$(2)$ Electrophile $(B)$ Electrically neutral
$(3)$ Nucleophile $(C)$ Octet complete
$(D)$ Lewis acid
$(E)$ Odd number of electrons
$(F)$ Incomplete octet

Which of the following is not an electrophile?

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