How are electrophiles ranked?

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Jun 1, 2018

Electrophilicity is generally proportional with electron-poorness.

For instance, carbocations (concerted transition state, or intermediate), #alpha# carbons of carbonyls, or atoms with lots of electron withdrawing groups nearby are great electrophiles.

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