# electrophilic addition

> (reaction) addition reaction where, in a chemical compound, a π bond is broken and two new σ bonds are formed. The substrate of an electrophilic addition reaction must have a double bond or triple bond

**Wikidata**: [Q899027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899027)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophilic_addition)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)