Regarding electrophile, false statement is

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It can be a neutral species

It can be a positively charged species

It is an electron pair acceptor

Central atom of an electrophile can’t have more than octet.

answer is D.

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BCl3 has six valence electrons. It can act like electrophile.PCl5 has 10 electrons around central atom. Still it can act like electrophile by expanding its Valency. PCl5Lewis acid + ClΘLewis Base → PCl6−Thus the criteria for a species to be electrophile is availability of vacant orbital.

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