Question
Define ambidient nucleophile with an example.

Answer

Ambidient nucleophiles are the nucleophiles having two nucleophilic sites through which they can attack.
For example: Nitrite ion is an ambidient nucleophile.
$\big[{^-}\text{O}-\ddot{\text{N}}=\text{O}\big]\\\ \ \ \ \text{Nitrite ion}$

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