Preferred Label : carbenium centre;
IUPAC definition : The three-coordinate carbon atom in a carbenium ion to which the excess positive charge
of the ion (other than that located on heteroatoms) may be formally considered to
be largely attributed, i.e. which has one vacant p-orbital. (N.B. It is not always
possible to uniquely identify such an atom.) This formal attribution of charge often
does not express the real charge distribution.;
Origin ID : C00811;
See also
The three-coordinate carbon atom in a carbenium ion to which the excess positive charge
of the ion (other than that located on heteroatoms) may be formally considered to
be largely attributed, i.e. which has one vacant p-orbital. (N.B. It is not always
possible to uniquely identify such an atom.) This formal attribution of charge often
does not express the real charge distribution.
