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carbocation
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carbocation [¦kär·bō′kat‚ī·ən]
(organic chemistry)
A positively charged ion whose charge resides, at least in part, on a carbon atom or group of carbon atoms.
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The carbocations do not readily form because of the poor electron donating capability of primary carbon atoms.
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Normally existing for less than one-millionth of a second as "reaction intermediates" generated during the breakup of hydrocarbon molecules, the positively charged carbocations could, under the superacid's influence, be observed and analyzed in a way previously impossible.
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