Reaction of α,α,ω-trichloroalkenes with 1,1,1-trichloroethane and 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane,accompanied by rearrangement of radicals

Conclusions In the reaction of CCl₃CH₃ with CCl₂=CHCH₂CH₂CH₂Cl, and of CCl₃CH₂CH₂Cl with CCl₂= CHCH₂Cl, initiated by Fe(CO)₅+DMF, the main addition products are respectively compounds of structure HCCl₂CH(CCl₂CH₃)CH₂CH₂CHCl₂ and HCCl₂CH(CCl₂CH₂CHCl₂)CH₂C1. The formation of these compounds was explained by the isomeriza'tion of the radical-adducts CCl₂CH(CCl₂CH₃)CH₂CH₂CH₂Cl and CCl₂CH(CCl₂CH₂CH₂Cl)CH₂Cl, with migration of a hydrogen atom from the CH₂Cl groups found in the 5 position to the radical center.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1857–1861, August, 1980.