Talk:Acylium ions
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Acylium as carbocation
[edit]@M97uzivatel: An editor raises an excellent point: acylium ions might not be carbocations because the positive charge is depicted as residing on oxygen, not carbon. Here are two arguments for acylium ions as carbocations:
- nucleophiles add to carbon of acylium ions.
- Quote from Olah (inventor of the carbocation terminology, Nobelist), "Acylium ions constitute by now a well-characterized class of stable carbocations." (opening sentence of doi https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00852a028).
--Smokefoot (talk) 13:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- If you want to discuss, please say so. Door is open. --Smokefoot (talk) 14:29, 26 September 2024 (UTC)