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Q. Which of the following species is an electrophile?

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Solution:

Electrophiles are electron loving chemical species. These may be either positively charged or electrically neutral species. $SO _{3}$ can be written as a resonance hybrid of the following structures.

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Due to the presence of a positive charge on S, it acts as an electrophile.