An oxycation, or oxocation, is an ion with the generic formula (where A represents a chemical element and O represents an oxygen atom). Their names normally end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl".
An oxycation, or oxocation, is an ion with the generic formula (where A represents a chemical element and O represents an oxygen atom). Their names normally end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl".
==Isolable oxycations== thumb|Structural details of the acetyl cation. A few salts of oxycations have been reported. They are all associated with lighter main group elements. The nitrogen-containing cations are Nitrosonium| and nitronium|. The latter is the active species in nitration reactions.
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