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[โ€“] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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"

[โ€“] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 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 like with piranha :)