Co-host: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (Cooperation)
Product-forming steps in SN1 solvolysis of substituted benzyl-X substrate systems, where X is 2-R1-6-R2-substituted 4-methylphenolate (R1=C(CF3)2OH; R2=CH2OH, SiMe3, H), have been established in various solvents on the basis of selective trapping of intimate ion-pair intermediate by the nucleofuge X through ortho-substitution of the phenolate ion by the counter carbocation.