Generation and determination of the lifetime of an α-carbonyl substituted carbocation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92142-7

The α-carboxyethyl-4-methoxybenzyl carbocation reacts with a solvent of 50:50 (v:v) trifluoroethanol/water with a rate constant k(s) = 1.4 x 10⁷ s^-1, which is 14-fold slower than the capture of the unsubstituted 4-methoxybenzyl carbo