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IsH3O^+ is elctrophile or nucleophile.how?......... please explain how to determine.

IsH3O^+ is elctrophile or nucleophile.how?......... please explain how to determine.

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Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago

Theoretically NH4+ and H3O+ can not gain electrons due to unavailability of vacant orbitals in their valence shell.

But they still act as electrophile as -

H3O+ dissociates to give H2O and H+ , H+ can gain electron pair.

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