Talk:Onium compounds

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Such a fine article! I hope this template will help those willing to improve it! -The Bold Guy- 15:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English composition

Consider the opening. "Onium compounds are cations derived by the protonation of mononuclear parent hydrides of elements of the nitrogen family (Group 15), chalcogen family (Group 16), and halogen family (Group 17)." Fine. Now we know what they are. But... "Also similar ions derived by the substitution of hydrogen atoms in the former by other groups, such as organic radicals, or halogens, for example tetramethylammonium"! What's that all about? A sentence fragment, formatted like a paragraph, which contradicts the definition?

Further down, "Compounds are known as onium salts." That's a sweeping statement! Surely not all compounds are onium salts. Does it mean that onium compounds are known as onium salts? I'm confused. Really. D021317c (talk) 12:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)