Positively-charged polyatomic ion which contains oxygen
In chemistry, an oxycation is a polyatomic ion with a positive charge that contains oxygen.They usually end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl".
Examples
- Dioxygenyl ion, O+
2
- Hydronium ion, H
3O+
- Nitrosonium ion,NO+
- Nitronium ion, NO+
2
- Vanadyl ion, VO2+, a very stable oxycation
- Chromyl ion, CrO2+
2
- Uranyl ion, UO2+
2, all natural U6+ occurs in this form
- Zirconyl ion, as a tetramer of [Zr(OH)2]2+
- Chloryl ion, ClO+
2
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