what is the difference between base & nucleophile?
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Answer / hemant patel
a lewis base is a proton acceptor. these can be good
nucleophiles for a reaction if they are not too big and
bulky. if they are too big, they can't attack the
electrophile and you will probably get an E type rxn
instead of an SN type rxn. A nucleophile is any electron
rich molecule. This can be a lewis base or it can be
another species such as a carbanion
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Answer / ashiv narula
basicaly base is a themodynamic term i.e it deals to attain the equilibrium ...... but nucleophile is a term that deals with kinetics of the reaction.........
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Answer / priti
When an electron pair is donated to other than hydrogen it's called nucleophile .
And when electron pair is donated to hydrogen it's called base..
This is the main difference.
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Answer / r.sanjeeverayan
Base is a substance whose pH is greater than 7.0 but a
nucleophile neednot to be a base i.e a nucleophile can be a
neutral molecule
eg CN(-) is a strong nucleophile but a neutral molecule.
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