The generation of one or more ions. It may occur, e.g. by loss of an electron from a neutral
molecular entity, by the
unimolecular heterolysis of such an entity into two or more ions, or by a heterolytic
substitution reaction involving neutral molecules, such as:
The loss of an electron from a singly, doubly, etc. charged
cation is called second, third, etc
. ionization. This terminology is used especially in
mass spectroscopy.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1127
InChI=1/ClH/h1H/p-1/fCl/h1h/q-1
InChI=1/Al.3ClH/h;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3/fAl.3Cl/h;3*1h/qm;3*-1
InChI=1/C2H4O2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H,3,4)/f/h3H
InChI=1/H2O/h1H2
InChI=1/H2O/h1H2/p+1/fH3O/h1H/q+1
InChI=1/C2H4O2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H,3,4)/p-1/fC2H3O2/q-1
