Oxycation

In chemistry, an oxycation is a polyatomic ion with a positive charge that contains oxygen.They usually end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl".

Examples

• Dioxygenyl ion, O^+
  ₂
• Hydronium ion, H
  ₃O^+
  
• Nitrosonium ion,NO^+
  
• Nitronium ion, NO^+
  ₂
• Vanadyl ion, VO^2+, a very stable oxycation
• Chromyl ion, CrO^2+
  ₂
• Uranyl ion, UO^2+
  ₂, all natural U^6+ occurs in this form
• Zirconyl ion, as a tetramer of [Zr(OH)₂]^2+
• Chloryl ion, ClO^+
  ₂

See category for a bigger list.

See also

• Oxyanion
• List of aqueous ions by element

External links

• Media related to Oxocations at Wikimedia Commons