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silylium

silylium noun: any cation formed by a silicon atom with three bonds, having the general formula R₃Si⁺.

Noun

silylium

  1. Any cation formed by a silicon atom with three bonds, having the general formula R₃Si⁺

Origin of silylium

From silyl + -ium.

Questions about silylium

What does silylium mean?
Silylium means any cation formed by a silicon atom with three bonds, having the general formula R₃Si⁺.
What part of speech is silylium?
Silylium is a noun.

Words near silylium in the dictionary

  1. silylethynyloxyarenes
  2. silylethynyloxybenzene
  3. silylethynyloxybenzenes
  4. silylformylation
  5. silylformylations
  6. silylium
  7. silylketene
  8. silylketenes
  9. silyllithium
  10. silyloxy
  11. silylphosphine

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