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Newman Projection

Newman Projection is a way of representing the spatial relationship of groups attached to two adjacent carbon atoms in a molecule. The angle at which the observer makes this observation occurs when they try to visualize the molecule head-on along the bond axis joining the two atoms, such that one carbon atom is seen as a front and the other as a rear.

Nucleus of an atom

An atom has a central, dense, tightly packed nucleus with a diameter of 10-15 m compared to an atom at 10-10 m, a size equivalent to a marble in a football stadium. Therefore, the nucleus makes up less than 0.01 % of the atom's volume.

The nucleus contains positively charged protons and neutral neutrons as subatomic particles bound firmly by the nuclear force.

Nucleophiles

Nucleophiles are an atom or a group of atoms that are richer by two electrons and donate these electrons to electron-deficient species, the electrophiles.

Donating the electrons from the nucleophile to the electrophile creates a new two-electron covalent bond.