different between sulfonium vs onium

English

Etymology

sulfo- +? onium

Alternative forms

• sulphonium

Noun

sulfonium (countable and uncountable, plural sulfoniums)

1. (inorganic chemistry) the univalent H₃S⁺ cation, derived from sulfane
2. (organic chemistry) any derivative of this cation in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic radicals

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Anagrams

• fluminous, fulminous

English

Etymology 1

From ammonium.

Noun

onium (plural oniums)

1. (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families
2. (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds

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See also

• ammonium
• arsonium
• bismuthonium
• bromonium
• chloronium
• fluoronium
• iodonium
• oxonium
• phosphonium
• selenonium
• stibonium
• sulfonium / sulphonium
• telluronium

Etymology 2

See Muonium#Nomenclature.

Noun

onium (plural onia)

1. (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle

Derived terms

• -onium

Related terms

• positronium
• muononium
• tauonium
• toponium

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