title: Can the hexamethylhydrazinium dication [Me(3)N-NMe(3)](2+) be prepared?
abstract: The long sought hexamethylhydrazinium(2+) dication, Me(3)N-NMe(3)(2+), calculationally unstable towards "coulombic explosion" because of formal positive charges on adjacent N atoms, can be synthesized and isolated as a CHB(11)Cl(11)(-) carborane salt.
authors.affiliation: Center for S and P Block Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reed