Methenium
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Methylium | |||
| Other names
Methyl cation; Carbanylium
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| Identifiers | |||
3D model (JSmol)
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| 1839325 | |||
| ChEBI | |||
| ChemSpider | |||
| 48893 | |||
PubChem CID
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |||
| CH3+ | |||
| Molar mass | 15.034 g·mol−1 | ||
| Related compounds | |||
Related isoelectronic
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borane | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references
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In organic chemistry, methenium (also called methylium, carbenium, methyl cation, or protonated methylene) is a cation with the formula CH+
3. It can be viewed as a methylene radical (:CH
2) with an added proton (H+
), or as a methyl radical (•CH
3) with one electron removed. It is a carbocation and an enium ion, making it the simplest of the carbenium ions.