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10.7   What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.

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The ambident nucleophiles are those nucleophiles which have two nucleophilic sites through which they can attack. For e.g Nitrile ion can attack through both nitrogen atom (forms nitroalkanes) and an oxygen atom (forms alkyl nitrites), thus it is an ambident nucleophile.

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