Structure of Pyrylium Cation

Pyrylium cation is a 6-membered aromatic ring system ring. You can formally think of this cation as having an electron deficiency at the O-atom. The O-atom forms two sigma-bonds, one sigma lone pair and contains one electron in its pi-AO for participation in the pi-system.


Figure. The RHF/6-31G* optimized structure of pyrylium cation.