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electrophiles - ANSWERelectron seeking reagents that have room to accept a electron pair nucleophiles - ANSWERreagents seeking a nucleus to which to donate a pair of electrons proton transfer or protonation reaction - ANSWERthe transfer of a proton from one base to another transition state - ANSWERlying between the products and reactants free energy of activation (delta G double dagger) - ANSWERthe height of the barrier, the energy that the reactants attain in reaching the the transition state electrophilic reactions - ANSWERlewis acid and base, strong acid-2 steps, weak acid- 3 step electrophilic reaction strong acid - ANSWER1)protonate 2) capture C+ regioselectivity - ANSWERmore stable of the C+ forms faster C+ stability - ANSWER1) resonance 2) 3degree> 2degree>1degree( how many c's bonded to electrophilic reaction weak acid - ANSWER1)protonate pi bond w/ actual acid 2)capture C+ 3)deprotonate conformations - ANSWERdifferent arrangements in space of the atoms of a molecule due to rotations around single bonds,energy differences dictated by noncovalent interactions