Ligand protonation leads to highly fluorescent boronium cations.
Watson, Alexander E. R.; Boyle, Paul D.; Ragogna, Paul J.; Gilroy, Joe B.; Chemical science 16 (2025) 2258–2264; doi:10.1039/d4sc06392a

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 Ligand protonation leads to highly fluorescent boronium cations.
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