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oxocarbenium

oxocarbenium noun: any canonical form of a carbocation having the positive charge on an oxygen atom.

Noun

oxocarbenium (plural oxocarbeniums)

  1. Any canonical form of a carbocation having the positive charge on an oxygen atom

Forms of oxocarbenium

pluraloxocarbeniums

Questions about oxocarbenium

What does oxocarbenium mean?
Oxocarbenium means any canonical form of a carbocation having the positive charge on an oxygen atom.
What part of speech is oxocarbenium?
Oxocarbenium is a noun.
What is the plural of oxocarbenium?
The plural of oxocarbenium is oxocarbeniums.

Words near oxocarbenium in the dictionary

  1. oxocamphor
  2. oxocane
  3. oxocanes
  4. oxocarbazate
  5. oxocarbazates
  6. oxocarbenium
  7. oxocarbeniums
  8. oxocarbon
  9. oxocarbons
  10. oxocarboxylate
  11. oxocarboxylates

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