The three-coordinate carbon atom in a
carbenium ion to which the excess positive charge of the ion (other than that located on heteroatoms)
may be formally considered to be largely attributed, i.e. which has one vacant p-
orbital. (N.B. It is not always possible to uniquely identify such an atom.) This formal
attribution of charge often does not express the real charge distribution.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1092
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