nucleophilicallyadv.
/ˌnjuːklɪəˈfɪlᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)uklioʊˈfɪlᵻk(ə)li/ Chemistry.
In a nucleophilic manner.
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nucleophilically1970
1970 J. E. Gearin in A. Burger Medicinal Chem. (ed. 3) II. xlvii. 1302/2 This group must be capable of attacking nucleophilically the carbon atom of the ester group of acetylcholine.
1992 Organometallics 11 1223 The η1-vinylidene that is formed adds methanol nucleophilically to give the observed Fischer carbene.
1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 14023/2 The free amino group at the N terminus nucleophilically attacks the amide carbonyl carbon, thus forming a tetrahedral intermediate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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