nucleophilic substitution

noun

in aliphatic organic chemistry, a form of substitution reaction in which the leaving functional group is replaced with a nucleophile

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Meanings

nounnucleophilic substitution (plural nucleophilic substitutions)

plural nucleophilic substitutions

  1. chemistryin aliphatic organic chemistry, a form of substitution reaction in which the leaving functional group is replaced with a nucleophile
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