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bridged carbocation

bridged carbocation noun: any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

Noun

bridged carbocation (plural bridged carbocations)

  1. Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

Forms of bridged carbocation

pluralbridged carbocations

Questions about bridged carbocation

What does bridged carbocation mean?
Bridged carbocation means any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.
What part of speech is bridged carbocation?
Bridged carbocation is a noun.
What is the plural of bridged carbocation?
The plural of bridged carbocation is bridged carbocations.

Words near bridged carbocation in the dictionary

  1. bridgebuilder
  2. bridgebuilders
  3. bridgebuilding
  4. Bridgeburg
  5. bridged
  6. bridged carbocation
  7. bridged carbocations
  8. bridged nucleic acid
  9. bridged nucleic acids
  10. bridged the gap
  11. bridged up

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