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carbanion

anion with an even number of electrons and having an unshared pair of electrons on a tervalent carbon atom or—if the ion is mesomeric—having at least one significant contributing structure with an unshared pair of electrons on a tervalent carbon atom
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carbanion

Summary

carbanion is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. carbanion draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #205 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • carbanion's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • carbanion is a type of organic anion[4].
  • carbanion's Commons category is recorded as Carbanions[5].
  • carbanion is the opposite of carbocation[6].
  • carbanion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[7].
  • carbanion's different from is recorded as alkyl group[8].
  • carbanion's conjugate acid is recorded as carbon acid[9].

Why It Matters

carbanion draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #205 of 1,029).[2] carbanion has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] carbanion is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). goldbook.iupac.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_carbanion_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{carbanion}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/carbanion}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2045401
    Opposite of → carbocation
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529691405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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