Definition of "nucleophilic" [nucleophilic]

• Of, or relating to a nucleophile (adjective)

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• "Reactions resulting from this type of attraction are called nucleophilic substitution."
• "Once decarboxylated, tryptamine (step 2) is dimethylated by S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) via nucleophilic attack."
• "A nucleophilic molecule like the oxygen on the phosphate group will form a covalent bond with close to all of the hypothesized prebiotic molecules in that scenario."