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.