Abstract: Trialkoxymethyl radicals were produced in aqueous solution by H abstraction from trialkoxymethanes by OH and H. The radicals were then oxidized by one-electron transfer to give trialkoxymethyl carbocations. The reactions of the cations with water and with OH-were studied by using time-resolved conductance techniques.(CH30) &+ hydrolyzes with a rate constant of (1.4 f 0.2) X IO3 s-'and it reacts with OH-with k=(7 f 1) X IO7 M-'sl. The ...