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- noun organic chemistry Any
organic compound in which twoadjacent atoms are connected by both acovalent and anionic bond ; normally written X+-Y-
Etymologies
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From the resonance structure between the covalent form (-yl, where the carbanion exists as a methylidenyl group) and the ionic form (-ide, as in methanide).
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