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9-(Trifluoromethyl)fluorenyl Cation: A New Doubly Destabilized Carbocation
Allen, Annette D.,Colomvakos, Jim D.,Tee, Oswald S.,Tidwell, Thomas T.
, p. 7185 - 7187 (1994)
9-(Trifluoromethyl)fluorenyl tosylate (5) undergoes solvolysis to the corresponding carbocation 3, which is destabilized both by the electron-withdrawing CF3 group and by its potentially antiaromatic fluorenyl cation character.
