Phenylcyclopropane cation radical revisited: Generation, direct observation and determination of the rates of nucleophilic capture

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)00157-8

Phenylcyclopropane cation radical can be generated by photoinduced electron transfer and the rate constants for its nucleophilic capture by methanol and t-butanol are determined to be k(MeOH) 1.1-1.2 x 10⁷ and k(t-BuOH) 5.3-5.4 x 10⁶