Preferred Label : carbanion;
IUPAC definition : Generic name for anions containing an even number of electrons and having an unshared
pair of electrons on a tervalent carbon atom (e.g. Cl sub 3 /sub C sup class minus
/sup or HC C sup class minus /sup ) or — if the ion is mesomeric (see mesomerism)
— having at least one significant contributing structure with an unshared pair of
electrons on a tervalent carbon atom, for example:;
Origin ID : C00804;
See also
Generic name for anions containing an even number of electrons and having an unshared
pair of electrons on a tervalent carbon atom (e.g. Cl sub 3 /sub C sup class minus
/sup or HC C sup class minus /sup ) or — if the ion is mesomeric (see mesomerism)
— having at least one significant contributing structure with an unshared pair of
electrons on a tervalent carbon atom, for example:
