Rearrangement with 1,2-migration of chlorine in reaction of p-methylbenzyl radicals with 3,3,3-trichloropropene

Conclusions The reaction of p-xylene with 3,3,3-trichloropropene, initiated by peroxides, leads to the formation of 1,1-dichloro-4-(p-tolyl)-1-butene, 1,1,2-trichloro-4-(p-tolyl)butane, and 1,1-dichloro-2-chloromethyl-3-(p-tolyl)propane, which testifies to a rearrangement of the CCl₃HCH₂CH₂C₆H₄CH₃ radicals to the C1₂CHCI-CH₂ CH₂C₆H₄CH₃ radicals with the 1,2-migration of chlorine.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2122–2124, September, 1976.