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electrophile
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electrophile /elec·tro·phile/ (e-lek´tro-fīl) an electron acceptor.electrophil´ic
e·lec·tro·phile (-lktr-fl, -fl) or e·lec·tro·phil (-fl)
n.
A chemical compound or group that is attracted to electrons and that tends to accept electrons.

e·lectro·philic (-flk) adj.

electrophile [e-lek´tro-fīl]
a chemical compound that serves as an electron acceptor in a chemical reaction. adj., adj electrophil´ic.

electrophile
a chemical compound that serves as an electron acceptor in a chemical reaction.


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An electrophilic substitution reaction mechanism was proved by the significant correlation between the relative rates of oxidation of substituted phenols obtained in the hybrid series reactor and the Hammett substituent constants [28].
Estrogens can be converted to electrophilic metabolites, particularly the catechol estrogen-3,4-quinones, estrone (estradiol)-3,4-quinone [E(1)(E(2))-3,4-Q], which react with DNA to form depurinating adducts.
EXPERIMENTAL PART The Amberlite XAD-4[TM] (PS, from Rohm and Haas) beads were modified by the aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction of benzenic rings of the copolymer using PC[l.
 
 
 
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