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Because of the extraordinary electronic situation in tris(dimethylamino)cyclopropenylium chloride 1 , a salt with an electron‐rich cation and anion, the “naked” CI − ions in 1 show a very high readiness to coordinate to acceptors. Thus, stable adducts with hydrogen bonds are formed from 1 and carboxylic acids or phenol derivatives.
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Weiß et al. (1995) studied this question.
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