Abstract:
CONTENTS I. Introduction 374 II. Early views on the mechanism of anomalous chlorination 374 III. Homolytic mechanism of chlorination 374 IV. Heterolytic mechanism of halogenation 375 V. Reaction of alkenes containing a quaternary carbon atom with hypohalogen acids 379 VI. Reactions of alkenes branched at the double bond with bromine and interhalogen compounds 381