Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D6SC03158G, Edge Article Kanika Vashisth, Ragene Thornton, Bohak Yoon, Caleb Daniel Martin The reduction of bromoboranes with two ortho-carborane substituents results in the generation of transient boryl anions. DFT computations reveal that their ground state is significantly different from previously reported examples...