Abstract New substrates and reaction conditions which may be expected to yield phenyl cation intermediates have been investigated. The approaches used were:(a) solvolysis of PhX in fluorinated alcohols, where X=[BOND] N (O)= NOTs (tosyloxyazoxy),[BOND] N (O)= NONf (Nf= C 4 F 9 SO math image) and [BOND] OSO 2 equation image (CH 3) 3 ŌTf (Tf= CF 3 SO math image);(b) solvolysis of ArBr, PhOTf and PhOSO 2 equation image (CH 3) 3 ...
