A
leaving group that does not carry away the bonding electron pair. For example, in the nitration
of benzene by
NO2+,
H+
is the electrofuge. The adjective of electrofuge is electrofugal.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1109