organic compounds
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The title salt, C24H24N+·BF4−, is one of two possible diastereoisomers having a different configuration of the asymmetric centre in the α-phenylethyl substituent, whose absolute configuration was established to be R. The two phenyl substituents of the cation have a cofacial orientation, albeit with a long centroid–centroid separation of 4.129 (3) Å. The crystal structure exhibits numerous C—HF contacts between counter-ions, with the tetrafluoridoborate anion surrounded by five iminium cations.