ContentsI. Introduction 3273 II. Rearrangements 3275 A. β-(Acyloxy)alkyl Rearrangement 3275 1. Esters 3275 2. Lactones 3280 3. Thiocarbonyl Esters 3280 B. β-(Phosphatoxy)alkyl Rearrangement 3282 C. β-(Nitroxy)alkyl and β-(Sulfonatoxy)alkyl Rearrangements 3285 D. (Acyloxyalkyl)silyl Radical Rearrangement 3285 III. Fragmentation Reactions 3286 A. β-(Acyloxy)alkyl Radicals and Their Thiocarbonyl Analogues 3286 B. β-(Phosphatoxy)alkyl Radicals 3288 1. Anaerobic Conditions 3288 2. Aerobic Conditions 3293 C. β-(Sulfonatoxy)alkyl and Related Radicals 3294 IV. Mechanism 3294 A. β-(Ester)alkyl Radicals Susceptible to Neither Rearrangement Nor Fragmentation 3294 B. Fragmentation Reactions 3295 C. Rearrangement Reactions 3295 1. Noncage Dissociative Pathways 3296 2. Stepwise Pathways via Five-Membered Cyclic Intermediate Radicals 3296 3. Use of Isotopic and Stereochemical Labeling as Probes of Mechanism 3296 4. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships 3298 5. Computational Studies and ESR Considerations 3299 V. Overview of β-(Ester)alkyl Radical Reactions 3303 VI. Related Reactions Involving Radical C−O Bond Shift and Cleavage 3305 A. Rearrangement and Fragmentation of β-Hydroxyalkyl Radicals 3305 B. Schenck or Allylperoxy Radical Rearrangement 3307 C. β-(Vinyloxy)alkyl to 4-Ketobutyl Rearrangement 3308 VII. Acknowledgments 3309 VIII. References 3309 Scheme 6

A ditopic receptor is shown to have an impressive ability to recognize and extract the ion pairs of various alkali halides into organic solution. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that the salts are bound in the solid state as contact ion pairs. Transport experiments, using a supported liquid membrane and high salt concentration in the source phase, show that the ditopic receptor can transport alkali halide salts up to 10-fold faster than a monotopic cation or anion receptor and 2-fold faster than a binary mixture of cation and anion receptors. All transport systems exhibit the same qualitative order of ion selectivity; that is, for a constant anion, the cation selectivity order is K+ > Na+ > Li+, and for a constant cation, the anion transport selectivity order is I- > Br- > Cl-. The data suggest that with a ditopic receptor, the polarity of the receptor-salt complex can be lowered if the salt is bound as an associated ion pair, which leads to a faster diffusion through the membrane and a higher maximal flux.