Definition of "carbonium" [carbonium]

• An organic cation, such as H3C, having one less electron than a corresponding free radical and with a positive charge localized on the carbon atom. (noun)

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• "Hypothetically and without reference to anyone living, dead or frozen in carbonium."
• "March 10, 2009 at 5:03 pm yhv-if it is true then the bullet they are talking about is carbonium or something. it was used in the wolverine : origins comic book to paralyze daken and is the same metal that coats omega reds tenticles. that is the only explanation of this “magic bullet”."
• "Olah found that the superacids were so strong that they could donate a proton to simple saturated hydrocarbons, and that these penta-coordinated carbonium ions could undergo further reactions."