It wouild still be considered a nuceopphile. All it needs is a free
electron pair. The book uses water as an example of this.
-clayton
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 bobbtl@plu.edu wrote:
> Is there a way to tell if an atom with an unshared electron pair, but no
> negative formal charge, is a likely nucleophile?
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> Terra
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