carbanion
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In organic chemistry, a carbanion is an anion with a lone pair attached to a tervalent carbon atom. This gives the carbon atom a negative charge.
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It sits within the topics Anions and Reactive intermediates.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
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- opposite of
- carbocation
- different from
- alkyl group
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In organic chemistry, a carbanion is an anion with a lone pair attached to a tervalent carbon atom. This gives the carbon atom a negative charge.
Formally, a carbanion is the conjugate base of a carbon acid:
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