Names | |
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Preferred IUPAC name
Methylium
[1] | |
Other names
Methyl cation; Carbanylium
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Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol)
|
|
1839325 | |
ChEBI | |
ChemSpider | |
48893 | |
PubChem
CID
|
|
UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
|
|
| |
| |
Properties | |
CH3+ | |
Molar mass | 15.034 g·mol−1 |
Related compounds | |
Related
isoelectronic
|
borane |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
In
organic chemistry, methenium (also called methylium, carbenium,
[2] methyl cation, or protonated methylene) is a
cation with the formula CH+
3. It can be viewed as a
methylene radical (:CH
2) with an added
proton (H+
), or as a
methyl radical (•CH
3) with one
electron removed. It is a
carbocation and an
enium ion, making it the simplest of the
carbenium ions.
[3]
Experiments and calculations generally agree that the methenium ion is planar, with threefold symmetry. [3] The carbon atom is a prototypical (and exact) example of sp2 hybridization.
For
mass spectrometry studies at low pressure, methenium can be obtained by
ultraviolet
photoionization of methyl radical,
[3] or by collisions of monatomic cations such as C+
and Kr+
with neutral methane.
[4] In such conditions, it will react with
acetonitrile CH
3CN to form the ion (CH
3)
2CN+
.
[5]
Upon capture of a low-energy electron (less than 1 eV), it will spontaneously dissociate. [6]
It is seldom encountered as an intermediate in the condensed phase. It is proposed as a reactive intermediate that forms upon protonation or hydride abstraction of methane with FSO3H-SbF5. The methenium ion is very reactive, even towards alkanes. [7]
In June 2023, astronomers detected, for the first time outside the Solar System, methyl cation, CH3+ (and/or carbon cation, C+), the known basic ingredients of life, in interstellar space. [8] [9]
Names | |
---|---|
Preferred IUPAC name
Methylium
[1] | |
Other names
Methyl cation; Carbanylium
| |
Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol)
|
|
1839325 | |
ChEBI | |
ChemSpider | |
48893 | |
PubChem
CID
|
|
UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
|
|
| |
| |
Properties | |
CH3+ | |
Molar mass | 15.034 g·mol−1 |
Related compounds | |
Related
isoelectronic
|
borane |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
In
organic chemistry, methenium (also called methylium, carbenium,
[2] methyl cation, or protonated methylene) is a
cation with the formula CH+
3. It can be viewed as a
methylene radical (:CH
2) with an added
proton (H+
), or as a
methyl radical (•CH
3) with one
electron removed. It is a
carbocation and an
enium ion, making it the simplest of the
carbenium ions.
[3]
Experiments and calculations generally agree that the methenium ion is planar, with threefold symmetry. [3] The carbon atom is a prototypical (and exact) example of sp2 hybridization.
For
mass spectrometry studies at low pressure, methenium can be obtained by
ultraviolet
photoionization of methyl radical,
[3] or by collisions of monatomic cations such as C+
and Kr+
with neutral methane.
[4] In such conditions, it will react with
acetonitrile CH
3CN to form the ion (CH
3)
2CN+
.
[5]
Upon capture of a low-energy electron (less than 1 eV), it will spontaneously dissociate. [6]
It is seldom encountered as an intermediate in the condensed phase. It is proposed as a reactive intermediate that forms upon protonation or hydride abstraction of methane with FSO3H-SbF5. The methenium ion is very reactive, even towards alkanes. [7]
In June 2023, astronomers detected, for the first time outside the Solar System, methyl cation, CH3+ (and/or carbon cation, C+), the known basic ingredients of life, in interstellar space. [8] [9]