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Why in chlorine electrophilic has cl2 and nucleophilic has cl explain

Why in chlorine electrophilic has cl2 and nucleophilic has cl explain

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Arun
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6 years ago
As chlorine has 7 electrons it has vacancy for 1 electron, therefore it can act as electrophile to complete its octet. But on the other side it has 3 lone pairs which can be donated to those which has deficiency of electorns.

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