title: Comment on "synthesis, characterization, and structures of a persistent aniline radical cation": a new interpretation is necessary.
abstract: Further scrutiny for the aniline radical cation: The author of this Correspondence claims that the original spectrometric data for 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylaniline (TBA) reported in 2012 do not correspond to a stoichiometrically pure TBA(.+) SbF6 (-) salt, the quantum-chemical data do not support the reported structural data, and the interpretation of the apparent temperature-dependent structural changes in the solid state is open to interpretations other than the Jahn-Teller effect.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, 45117 Essen (Germany). hans-gert.korth@uni-due.de.
authors.forename: Hans-Gert
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Korth
keywords: anilines; radical cations; structure elucidation