quaternary ammonium compounds

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.Q05003
Derivatives of @[email protected], (NH4+)Y−, in which all four of the hydrogens bonded to nitrogen have been replaced with @[email protected] groups. Compounds having a carbon-nitrogen double bond (i.e. R2C=N+R2Y−) are more accurately called @[email protected] e.g. [(CH3)4N]+OH−, tetramethylammonium hydroxide.
See:
onium compounds
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1361 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
Div. IIIPDFTextJSONHistory
Last revised: February 24, 2014