In this note we report a convenient synthesis of cyclopropylmethanol acetates bearing electron-withdrawing substituents at the 1 position. The data base for cyclopropylcarbinyl cation chemistry, for example, is provided in overwhelming part by experiments performed on carbon skeletons carrying electron-donating substituents. 2 Recent studies in the bicyclo [2.2. l] heptyl system have highlighted some interesting effects of electronegative ...