Chloroform → 1,1,1-Trichlorononane

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It has been disclosed that, when chloroform is reacted with oct-1-ene in the presence of benzoyl peroxide, 1,1,1-trichlorononane is formed in a yield of from 22 to 40%, based on the olefin, and with a selectivity of from 41 to 48%, conversion of the olefin being incomplete (J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 69 (1947), 1100-1104, in particular page 1104; and J. Chem. Soc. 1963, 3921-3927, in particular page 3927). The free-radical addition reactions of chloroform with other olefins also in general give only moderate yields (C. Walling and E. S. Hugser, Org. Reactions 13 (1963), 129).

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