Role of the Spectator Ring in the Gas-Phase Alkylation of 1,2-Diphenylethane by (CH3)2X(1+) (X = F, Cl) and CF3(1+) ions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100125a018

The gas-phase alkylation of C6D5CH2CH2C6H5 by Me2F(1+), Me2Cl(1+), and CF3(1+) ions has been studied at 720 Torr, in the temperature range 47 - 120 deg C with the radiolytic technique.An interannular hydron-exchange process between the two aromatic rings