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carbocation

cation containing an even number of electrons with a significant portion of the excess positive charge located on one or more carbon atoms
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carbocation

Summary

carbocation is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. carbocation draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #176 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • carbocation's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • carbocation is a type of organic cation[4].
  • carbocation's Commons category is recorded as Carbocations[5].
  • carbocation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carbocations[6].
  • carbocation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[7].
  • carbocation's different from is recorded as alkyl group[8].

Why It Matters

carbocation draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #176 of 1,029).[2] carbocation has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_carbocation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{carbocation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/carbocation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Instance of → —
    Different from → alkyl group
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537259205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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