Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Gas-phase stabilities of 1-aryl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl cations were determined based on chloride-transfer equilibria. The substituent effect was analyzed based on the LArSR Eq., giving a remarkably high r of 1.53 and a ϱ of −14.6. ... The substituent effect for the gas-phase ...