Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The substituent effect on the solvolysis of α,α-diisopropylbenzyl chlorides can be described in terms of σ + value. No significant steric loss of resonance was observed by introducing two bulky isopropyl groups into benzylic reaction center. ... M. Fujo, Y. Tsuno, K. Nishimoto, and T. ...