Which of these is not a nucleophile? How can you tell?
#H_2O#
#CH_3O^-#
#NH_3#
#NH_4^+#
1 Answer
Feb 9, 2016
For the following choices, the one which cannot served as a nucleophile will be last one, the ammonium ion.
Explanation:
Generally, for a species/compound to act as nucleophile, an easy way to determine it is to look for the presence of lone pairs on its Lewis structure.
