Iminylium ions

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005613",
  "term": "Iminylium ions",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Cations of the type R2C=N+, in which a nitrogen carrying only one substituent, the doubly bonded carbon, bears the positive charge, making them a subclass of nitrenium ions. They are also called alkylideneaminylium ions, are strongly electrophilic and short-lived, and differ from iminium ions, whose nitrogen carries two further substituents and is not electron deficient.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "nitrenium ions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1344 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/iminylium-ions/"
}