The reactivity of C6F5CH (OTs) CH3 (7) in various solvents is found to be less than that of PhCH (OTs) CH, by factors of 6 X lo3 to 5 X lo5, but the CsF5 substituent is still much more activating than hydrogen. The reactivity of 7 gives a poor correlation with the YoTs measure of solvent ionizing power, with an m value of 0.44, and while the reaction in TFA or HFIP evidently involves initial formation of an ion pair, there is strong nucleophilic assistance to ...