Question

Difference between carbonium ion and carbanion

Answer 1

as both are positively charged species they are known as carbocations.. now the difference is that carbonium ion is (CR5)+ while carbenium ion is (CR3)+.carbonium ion has 8 e- in outermost orbit while carbenium ion has 6 e- in outer orbit with empty p orbital.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are some common difference between them below:

1. Carbonium ion is cation and a pentavalent carbon atom where as carbanion is an anion with trivalent carbon atom

2. Carbonium  has planar geometry where as carbanion  has trigonal pyramid structure.

3. Carbonium  is positively charged(+1) where  as carbanion   is negatively charged(-1)