 Oxocarbenium ion (source code)

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= Oxocarbenium ion
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= Oxocarbenium
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An <oxocarbenium ion> is a cationic species stabilized by adjacent oxygen donation, commonly represented by carbon-cation and oxonium resonance contributors. Reversible acetal opening can expose a locally planar carbon for attack from either face.

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