Other than triarylamines, which are protonated by strong acids both at their N-atom and aromatic rings, pyrrole its N-substituted derivatives were exclusively the carbon atoms of heteroaromatic rings. Whereas with trifluoromethane sulfonic acid (TFS) stable pyrrolium salts obtained, weaker trifluoroacetic (TFA) oligomers formed. E.g., from N-(tert-butyl)pyrrole a dimeric compound could be unamb...