methanium
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In chemistry, methanium is a complex positive ion with formula (metastable transitional form, a carbon atom covalently bonded to five hydrogen atoms) or (fluxional form, namely a molecule with one carbon atom covalently bonded to three hydrogen atoms and one dihydrogen molecule), bearing a +1 electric charge. It is a superacid and one of the onium ions, indeed the simplest carbonium ion.
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In chemistry, methanium is a complex positive ion with formula (metastable transitional form, a carbon atom covalently bonded to five hydrogen atoms) or (fluxional form, namely a molecule with one carbon atom covalently bonded to three hydrogen atoms and one dihydrogen molecule), bearing a +1 electric charge. It is a superacid and one of the onium ions, indeed the simplest carbonium ion.
It is highly unstable and highly reactive even upon having a complete octet, thus granting its superacidic properties.
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