The nucleophile brings the electron snacks; the electrophile opens its bowl.

NE — Noodles Eat.

A nucleophile arrives at a party carrying an electron-pair snack tray. An electrophile offers an empty bowl for sharing. The new bond is made from the donated pair, not from a moving positive charge.

In hydroxide attack on a carbonyl carbon, which species donates the bond-forming electron pair?

A. The carbonyl carbon

B. A positive charge moving from carbon

C. The solvent’s name

D. The hydroxide oxygen

The nucleophile brings the electron snacks; the electrophile opens its bowl.

NE — Noodles Eat.

A nucleophile arrives at a party carrying an electron-pair snack tray. An electrophile offers an empty bowl for sharing. The new bond is made from the donated pair, not from a moving positive charge.

In hydroxide attack on a carbonyl carbon, which species donates the bond-forming electron pair?

A. The carbonyl carbon

B. A positive charge moving from carbon

C. The solvent’s name

D. The hydroxide oxygen

The nucleophile brings the electron snacks; the electrophile opens its bowl.

NE — Noodles Eat.

A nucleophile arrives at a party carrying an electron-pair snack tray. An electrophile offers an empty bowl for sharing. The new bond is made from the donated pair, not from a moving positive charge.

In hydroxide attack on a carbonyl carbon, which species donates the bond-forming electron pair?

A. The carbonyl carbon

B. A positive charge moving from carbon

C. The solvent’s name

D. The hydroxide oxygen

The nucleophile brings the electron snacks; the electrophile opens its bowl.

NE — Noodles Eat.

A nucleophile arrives at a party carrying an electron-pair snack tray. An electrophile offers an empty bowl for sharing. The new bond is made from the donated pair, not from a moving positive charge.

In hydroxide attack on a carbonyl carbon, which species donates the bond-forming electron pair?

A. The carbonyl carbon

B. A positive charge moving from carbon

C. The solvent’s name

D. The hydroxide oxygen