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electrophilic

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electrophilic [ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈfɪlɪk]
adj
(Chemistry) Chem having or involving an affinity for negative charge. Electrophilic reagents (electrophiles) are atoms, molecules, and ions that behave as electron acceptors Compare nucleophilic
electrophile  [ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌfaɪl] n


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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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