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Q. $H^{\ominus}$ always act as

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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$H^{\ominus}$ can act as a nucleophile also but always acts as a base. $H^{\ominus}$ is ideal to interact with the H atom's of $\sigma ^{*}$ orbital $H-X$ (X can be any atom) but much small to interact easily with carbon's more diffuse 2p orbital $\left(\left(\pi \right)^{*}\right)$ .