In chemistry, an oxycation is an ion with the generic formula AxOz+y (where A represents a chemical element and O represents an oxygen atom). They usually end with the suffix "-ium" or "-yl". However, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry standard book on nomenclature of inorganic chemistry does not mention "oxycation".
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Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée, ed. (2005). Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry: IUPAC recommendations 2005 (PDF). Cambridge: Royal society of chemistry. ISBN 978-0-85404-438-2. Retrieved 2025-05-22. 978-0-85404-438-2 ↩
Österreichische Chemiker-Zeitung (in German). Vol. 66. Springer. 1965. p. 52. Retrieved 21 May 2025. https://books.google.com/books?id=8bbnAAAAMAAJ&q=oxykationen ↩
Shanna L. Estes; Baofu Qiao; Geng Bang Jin (4 January 2019). "Ion association with tetra-n-alkylammonium cations stabilizes higher-oxidation-state neptunium dioxocations". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 59. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10...59E. doi:10.1038/S41467-018-07982-5. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6320366. PMID 30610189. Wikidata Q60920989. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6320366 ↩