How does a carbocation have a positive charge? When an alkene bonds with an H+ ion, the electron pair from the pi bond goes towards a new dative covalent bond with the hydrogen ion, leaving, on one side of the old double bond, a carbon bonded to an extra hydrogen, and on the other side, a carbocation with a positive charge. If this gave, for example, a tertiary carbocation, I would like to know how this has a positive charge given that it has 3 bonding pairs of electrons around it, which would give it 6 valence electrons and 8 electrons overall. If carbon has 6 protons, how does this give an ion with a positive charge? I understand that it has lost electrons that were previously in the pi bond, but I don't see how it has a positive charge given that it still has more electrons than protons.
I would like to know how this has a positive charge given that it has 3 bonding pairs of electrons around it, which would give it 6 valence electrons and 8 electrons overall. If carbon has 6 protons, how does this give an ion with a positive charge?


You need to count ALL the protons and electrons in the ion. What about the atoms other than the central carbon?