Question

The correct statement regarding electrophile is:
A. Electrophile can be either neutral or positively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
B. Electrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.
C. Electrophile is a negatively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from another electrophile.
D. Electrophile are generally neutral species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons to form a nucleophile.

Answer 1

We know that the meaning of the word electrophile is nothing but the electron loving species. The ability of the species to accept the electrons from another species which have extra electrons or the species which is having scarcity of electrons are called electrophile.

Complete answer
On the other hand, nucleophile is the opposite of the electrophile, it will donate the electrons, which are not used up in bonding or which are non-bonding electrons in valence shell and it will have extra electron which will be used up to donate to the species which do not have electron.
The difference between the electrophile and nucleophile is that the electrophile is Lewis acid nucleophile is Lewis base, electrophile is positively charged and nucleophile is negatively charged. Electrophile accept electrons as it is electron deficient, nucleophile donates electrons and it is electron rich. Electrophile will accept electron pairs and form covalent bonds; nucleophiles will donate electron pain to form covalent bonds. They can be neutral or have positive charge, hydronium ion is the example of the electrophile. The example of a nucleophile is chloride ion.Some other examples of electrophiles include ${\rm{NO}}_2^ + ,\;{\rm{FeC}}{{\rm{l}}_3},\;{\rm{B}}{{\rm{r}}^ + },$ etc.
Hence, we conclude that the correct statement regarding electrophile is that electrophile can be either neutral or positively charged species and can form a bond by accepting a pair of electrons from a nucleophile.

So the correct option is (A).

Note:
The electrophilic substitution or addition and nucleophilic substitution or addition are the important reactions which take place in organic chemistry.