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The first X-ray structural analysis of a carbanion having a carbocation as the counterion, [EtC(CO2Me)2]–C[(NMe2)3]+ is reported, showing unusual hydrogen bonding between the carbanion and the methyl groups of the carbocation.
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Reetz et al. (1993) studied this question.
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