Mechanism of reactions of photocatalytic synthesis of chlorohydrins

A mechanism of photocatalytic synthesis of chlorohydrins from olefins and peroxo complexes of titanium (IV) is proposed. It consists of formation of radical-containing complexes, their reactions with olefins, and decomposition of the α-oxides obtained by hydrogen chlorides. L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 31 Prosp. Nauki, 252039 Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 17–21, January–February, 1997.