Abstract Three kinds of polar substitutent effects are observable in the solvolyses of 1-R- substituted 3-bromoadamantanes (VI). This follows from the relationship between products, rate constants k in 80% ethanol, and the inductive substituent constants σ math image of the substituent R. Alkyl groups and electron-attracting substituents at C (1) control the rate by their inductive effects alone, since logk correlates closely with σ math image. However, ...
