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I agree that hydroxile hydride is the best, but the dihydro ether one is wrong. Ethers are defined by carbon bound to oxygen. No carbon bound to oxygen? No ether!

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ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Hydroxyl hydride feels wrong given that hydride is H-. So what’s a good name for HO+…? Oxenium hydride? Hydrenium hydride? (comparing carbonium (CR4H+) vs carbenium (CR3+))

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- Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Good point, maybe hydroxonium for OH+? I just know I never want to be in the same lab as a real OH+ species. Sounds like one of those “things I don’t want to work with”
  
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  - ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    -onium is usually an extra group/proton (carbonium, oxonium, bromonium…). HO+ isn’t too hard to approximate–just take a hydroperoxide or peroxyacid and add strong acid :)
    
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