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bridged carbocation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
bridged -car-bo-ca-tion
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

Inflected Forms

bridged carbocations (plural)

Questions

What does bridged carbocation mean?
Any carbenium ion in which the positive charge is distributed among two or more carbon atoms, and the structure is best represented by one in which a hydrogen atom, or hydrocarbon residue, bridges these carbon atoms.

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