Experimental and theoretical evidence is presented to show that the alkoxy cations CH3O+ and C2H5O+ have surprisingly high barriers to 1,2-hydride shifts to the oxygen atom, but have very low barriers to 1,1-elimination of H2 from the α-carbon atom.
R. D. Bowen and D. H. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1977, 378 DOI: 10.1039/C39770000378
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