Reaction of gem-trichloroalkanes with unsaturated compounds in presence of Fe(CO)5 and a cocatalyst

Conclusions The following reactions were effected in the presence of the coordination initiators Fe(CO)₅ + i-C₃H₇OH (or Hexametapol): a) Telomerization of vinyl chloride with 1,1,1-trichloropropane and 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane. Telomers that contain 1–3 monomeric units in the molecule were isolated, b) The addition of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and 1,1,1-trichloroethane to isobutylene; the adducts were obtained in good yields, c) The reaction of allyl chloride with 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane, which leads to the formation of the adduct and by-products as the result of the partial fragmentation of the ClCH₂CH₂CCl₂CH₂CHCH₂Cl radicals with the cleavage of chlorine atom.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 174–177, January, 1977.