Nature 179, 731 (06 April 1957); doi:10.1038/179731a0

Competition in Atomic Halogenation Reactions

M. ACKERMAN, G. CHILTZ, S. DUSOLEIL, P. GOLDFINGER, G. MARTENS & D. VANDER AUWERA

Laboratoire de Chimie physique moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels. Jan. 18.

IT has been shown recently¹ that it is useful to consider a general mechanism for atomic halogenation reactions, which, in the case of the photochlorination of C₂Cl₄ and C₂HCl₅, is given by:

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2. Adam, J. , Dusoleil, S. , and Goldfinger, P. , Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 65, 942 (1956). | ChemPort |
3. Ackerman, M. , Chiltz, G. , Goldfinger, P. , and Martens, G. , Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg. (in the press).