oxyanion Chem.
(ˌɒksɪˈænaɪən)
Also oxy-anion (with hyphen).
[f. oxy- 2 + anion.]
An anion containing one or more atoms of another element each linked to one or more oxygen atoms.
| 1940 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 131 (heading) The interchange of heavy oxygen between water and inorganic oxy-anions. 1952 Chem. Rev. L. 456 Since oxyanions have a large amount of resonance stabilization, it is necessary to overcome this stability in order that a chemical reaction take place. 1972 W. R. Kneen et al. Chemistry xvii. 427 The phosphorus acids and oxyanions all contain approximately tetrahedral four-co-ordinate phosphorus. |