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phenoxonium

phenoxonium noun: a cation produced by removing two electrons and a hydrogen ion from phenol (C₆H₅O⁺).

Noun

phenoxonium (uncountable)

  1. A cation produced by removing two electrons and a hydrogen ion from phenol (C₆H₅O⁺)

Origin of phenoxonium

From phen- + oxonium.

Questions about phenoxonium

What does phenoxonium mean?
Phenoxonium means a cation produced by removing two electrons and a hydrogen ion from phenol (C₆H₅O⁺).
What part of speech is phenoxonium?
Phenoxonium is a noun.

Words near phenoxonium in the dictionary

  1. phenoxeniums
  2. phenoxetol
  3. phenoxid
  4. phenoxide
  5. phenoxides
  6. phenoxonium
  7. phenoxy
  8. phenoxyacetone
  9. phenoxyacid
  10. phenoxyacids
  11. phenoxyalkanoic

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