Question:

Among the following the strongest nucleophile is

Updated On: Jun 23, 2023
  • $C_2 H_5 SH$
  • $CH_3 COO^-$
  • $CH_3 NH_2$
  • $NC CH_2^-$
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Nucleophile is a species which has high electron density on it and it attack on the site of less electron density. More the electron density on a species better nucleophile it is. Nucleophiles may be neutral (but with an atom with lone pairs of electron) or it can be negatively charged. $C _{2} H _{5} SH$ is the weakest acid so it readily lose a proton to form strong conjugate base $C _{2} H _{5} S ^{-}$which is a strong nucleophile ( $+I$ effect of $C _{2} H _{5}$ group).
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