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IN a previous communication1, the products of photolysis of 1 : 3 dichlorotetrafluoroacetone were described, and the absence of compounds which could arise from the reactions of the chlorodifluoroacetyl radical noted. It is assumed that in this behaviour the ketone is similar to hexafluoroacetone, which has been shown to dissociate on photolysis into two trifluoromethyl radicals and a molecule of carbonmonoxide2. Acetone, on the other hand, has been shown to dissociate into an acetyl and a methyl radical when photolysed at room temperature3.
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BOWLES, R., MAJER, J. & ROBB, J. Cage Effect in the Liquid-Phase Photolysis of Fluorinated Ketones. Nature 187, 314–316 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187314a0
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