Question
Assuming an atom has a pair of electrons to donate, the ability of a species to donate that pair should be inversely proportional to ____.
Answer
Assuming an atom has a pair of electrons to donate, the ability of a species to donate that pair should be inversely proportional to how “tightly held” it is, aka electronegativity.
Note: We can’t use nonpolar solvents in these nucleophile–electrophile reactions because our reactants are polar—they wouldn’t dissolve!
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