An organic anion in which the negative charge is located on a carbon atom.
〔化〕负碳离子，阴碳离子
Example sentencesExamples
They react with water and alcohols in what are essentially acid-base reactions, as if they contained a carbanion; they will also remove protons that are much less acidic than those of water and alcohols.
Two important examples of stable carbanions are the cyanide anion (NC -) and the metalocenes.
As a result, carbonyl compounds can form carbon anions (carbanions) and act as nucleophiles rather than electrophiles.
The key central intermediate is the carbanion formed as a result of CO2 loss from KP.
The key intermediates would be a benzylic carbanion, a benzylic radical and a hydroperoxy radical arising from via oxygen trapping.
Definition of carbanion in US English:
carbanion
noun-ˌīˌän
Chemistry
An organic anion in which the negative charge is located on a carbon atom.
〔化〕负碳离子，阴碳离子
Example sentencesExamples
As a result, carbonyl compounds can form carbon anions (carbanions) and act as nucleophiles rather than electrophiles.
The key intermediates would be a benzylic carbanion, a benzylic radical and a hydroperoxy radical arising from via oxygen trapping.
The key central intermediate is the carbanion formed as a result of CO2 loss from KP.
Two important examples of stable carbanions are the cyanide anion (NC -) and the metalocenes.
They react with water and alcohols in what are essentially acid-base reactions, as if they contained a carbanion; they will also remove protons that are much less acidic than those of water and alcohols.