The hydrolysis rates of a number of ortho and para substituted benzyl and benzhydryl bromides in aqueous acetone or aqueous dioxane have been studied. In general the substituents have been chosen from a group which are potentially nucleophilic in character. Contrary to what is usually observed as concerns the reactivities of 0-and p-isomers of halides of these types, o-carbophenoxybenzhydryl bromide has been found to be ...
