Ritvik Gautam
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"Philic" means loving. So, a nucleophile is a one which is nucleus loving. They mosty have a negative charge on them and are in need of a positive charge. A nucleophile which cannot hold the negative charge, and is in a desperate or in a more need of a positive charge is a strong nucleophile, while a nucleophile which can hold the negative charge, is a weak electrophile.
Generally, strong electronegative atoms are weak nucleophile. So, a strong nucleophile is one which is more electro-positive.
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