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> [Reagents are regarded as acting by virtue of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for nuclei... the terms electrophilic (electron-seeking) and nucleophilic (nucleus-seeking) are suggested... and the organic molecule, in the activation necessary for reaction, is therefore required to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/reagents-are-regarded-as-acting-by-virtue-of-a-constitutional/)

Christopher Kelk Ingold

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## More by Christopher Kelk Ingold

> [You ask whether I am going over to the history of science... no, I am not as old as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/you-ask-whether-i-am-going-over-to-the-history-of-science-no-i-am-not/)

Christopher Kelk Ingold

> [Reagents are regarded as acting by virtue of a constitutional affinity either for electrons or for nuclei... the terms electrophilic (electron-seeking) and nucleophilic (nucleus-seeking)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/reagents-are-regarded-as-acting-by-virtue-of-a-constitutional/)

Christopher Kelk Ingold

> [Since it is proposed to regard chemical reactions as electrical transactions in which reagents act by reason of a constitutional affinity either for electrons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/since-it-is-proposed-to-regard-chemical-reactions-as-electrical/)

Christopher Kelk Ingold

> [ \[Flürscheim\] was good at unanswerable arguments. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-kelk-ingold/fl-rscheim-was-good-at-unanswerable-arguments/)

Christopher Kelk Ingold

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