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What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.

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Nucleophiles which can attack through two different sites are called ambident nucleophiles. For example, cyanide ion is a resonance hybrid of the following two structures. It can attack either through carbon to form cyanides or through N to form isocyanides or carbylamines.
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