Solvolysis of 9-(X-methyl) fluorene (1-X, X= I, Br, OBs) in 25 vol% acetonitrile in water gives the elimination product 9-methylidenefluorene and the substitution products 9- (hydroxymethyl) fluorene (1-OH) and 9-(acetamidomethyl) fluorene (1-NHCOMe). Kinetic studies of the corresponding ring-substituted compounds 2-X and 3-X show that the rate of elimination increases with increasing acidity of the substrate, Brønsted α> 0. The small ...
