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Correlation of the logarithms of the ratios of cis to trans diols formed in the acid-catalysed hydrolysis of 13 1-arylcyclohexene oxides with the σ+ constants indicates that there is a higher degree of carbocationic character in the transition state leading to the cis-product.
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Battistini et al. (1974) studied this question.
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