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electrophilic reagent (s) (noun), electrophilic reagents (pl)
A molecule that forms a bond with another molecule by accepting an electron pair during a chemical reaction: An electrophilic reagent accepts an electron pair from a molecule with which it forms a covalent bond (number of pairs of electrons an atom can share).
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 75) philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism (page 22)