Synthesis and reactivity of N,N’-1,4-diazabutadiene derived borocations

<p>A series of borocations have been synthesised from the addition of haloboranes to synthetically accessible <em>N</em>,<em>N</em>′-1,4-diazabutadiene precursors, which are derived from commercially available anilines. The Experimental, X-ray, NMR and computational data are provided. X-ray data are included here which can be visualized using software for X-ray crystal structure determination/visualization which was used to characterise the compounds synthesised. Computation studies by DFT are included.</p><p>Results based upon these data are published at http://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt03360a<br><br></p>