electrophiles and nucleophiles. Typically these mechanisms are named by the pattern of what kind of group is reacting with the carbon in the organic molecule (nucleophile or electrophile), what kind of functional group is reacting (alkene, aromatic, acyl etc.) and what kind of process is occurring (addition, elimination, substitution etc.). Nucleophiles are attracted to atoms with a slight positive charge, such as those involved in a polar bonds. primary amine– An amine in which there is only one R group attached to the nitrogen atom (RNH2). quaternary ammonium salts – A quaternary cation composed of four R groups attached to a positively-charged central nitrogen atom, along ...