Photo-solvolysis of 4′-(l-acetoxy)ethylbenzo-15-crown-5 (1) in methanol is depressed by the complex formation of the crown ether moiety with alkali metal ions. This effect is accounted for by the destabilization of excited state of 1 and benzyl cation from 1.
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