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Benzyloxyfluorocarbene resists fragmentation to benzyl fluoride, and can be intercepted by water, fluoride ion, methanol or acrylonitrile. In contrast, benzyloxybromocarbene and benzyloxychlorocarbene fragment to the corresponding benzyl halides, and are not efficiently trapped.
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Moss et al. (1990) studied this question.
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