“…This cation can be seen as a silylated cyclobutadiene and is closely related to the already known homoaromatic [R 4 C 4 –H] + , [R 4 C 4 –Cl] + , [ t Bu 4 C 4 –OH] + and the neutral [R 4 C 4 –AlX 3 ] (R = H, Me, t Bu, Ph; X = Cl, Br). 23 – 29 Of these, the protonated cations [R 4 C 4 –H] + with R = H, Me, Ph were only characterized by NMR at –40 to –70 °C, 27 while with R = t Bu they were shown to be isolable with a large variety of anions, like Br – or [SbF 6 ] – . 26 Also the chlorinated and hydroxylated cations [Ph 4 C 4 –Cl] + and [ t Bu 4 C 4 –OH] + and the neutral [Me 4 C 4 –AlCl 3 ] were shown to be stable at r.t. and could be isolated.…”