Bromide abstraction from the amidoboron bromides (tmp)B(NRz)Br (R = CH3, C2HS; tmp = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidino) and (tmp)B(R)Br (R = CH3, C6H5) in methylene chloride produces tetrabromoaluminates of the dimrdinate diamidoboron cation (tmp=B=NR2)+ (5, 6 ) or the amido(organy1)boron cation (tmp=B-R)+ (7, 8). The constitution of these salts has been deduced by NMR spectroscopy (lH, I'B, I3C, "AI), infrared spectroscopy, and electrical conductivity. In addition, the crystal structure of [tmp=B=N(CH3)2]AlBr4 reveals that the C2NBNC2 skeleton is of the allene type with a nearly linear NBN atomic arrangement (NBN angle 176'). Both BN distances are rather short (130 and 142 pm), demonstrating in addition to the IR data a fairly high bond order for the BN bonds in 5 and 6. The thermal stability of the salts decreases in the order 6 1. 5 > 7 > 8, and this is rationalized in terms of better charge delocalization in the diamido-vs. the monoamidoboron cations. This conclusion is substantiated by geometry-optimized MO calculations on model amidoboron cations. Bis(diisopropy1amino)chloroborane and pure AIC13 react under rigorously anhydrous conditions in a one to one ratio to give an ionic compound that can be formulated as [(i-Pr),N=B=N(i-Pr),]+[A1Cl4]-. This representation is supported by 27Al, 'H, I3C, and IIB N M R data as well as by IR absorption bands at 1830-1900 cm-' assigned to the B=N double bond. Conductivity data are also given for the related compound made from bis(dimethy1amino)chloroborane. The [Me2N=B=NMe2]+ cation was not stable in solution. Evidence is interpreted in favor of either its condensation to bigger units and/or the formation of a molecular compound with the AlC1; anion. Lewis base molecules will add to the tetramethyl cation to give a four-coordinate boron cation.The bis(dimethy1amido)phosphorus cation, [(Me,N),P]+, was described in papers from this laboratory.2 The existence of that species, a coordinately unsaturated system stabilized by extensive pa-pa bonding, in this case across the N-P-N