The Importance of Resonance Stabilization in the Benzylic Solvolysis. Substituent Effects on the Solvolysis of α,α-Diisopropylbenzyl Chlorides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)61418-1

The substituent effect on the solvolysis of α,α-diisopropylbenzyl chlorides can be described in terms of ?⁺ value.No significant steric loss of resonance was observed by introducing two bulky isopropyl groups into benzylic reaction center.