title: Isolating fluorinated carbocations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for S and P Block Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Douvris
authors.forename: Evgenii S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Stoyanov
authors.forename: Fook S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reed