Question

is phenol a nucleophile?
is hydronium ion an electrophile?
is azide a nucleophile?

Answer 1

1 ) Phenol is act as a nucleophile in many reaction such as a Friedel- craft alkylation, acylation reaction.-OH

group bonded to aromatic ring , lone pair of electron present on oxygene is in a conjugation which creates-ve charge on ortho, para position and it act as a nucleophile.

2) Hydronium ion cannot act as a electrophile because electrophile accepts a electron and hydronium ion does not have any vaccant orbital to accept a electron.

3) aZide HN₃ act as a nucleophile because nucleophile donates a electron .in azide a lone pair of electron present on a nitrogen atom available for donation.