Isolating fluorinated carbocations.
Using carboranes as counterions, fluorinated benzyl-type carbocations such as (p-FC(6)H(4))(2)CF(+), (p-FC(6)H(4))(CH(3))CF(+) and fluorinated trityl ions are readily isolated for X-ray and IR structural characterization.
Douvris
Christos
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Center for S and P Block Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Stoyanov
Evgenii S
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Tham
Fook S
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Reed
Christopher A
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