Abstract
A study has been made of the changes in selectivity observed when atomic chlorination of 1,1-dichloroethane is performed in the gas phase and in the liquid phase in various solvents. In the liquid phase, selectivity is affected by the polarisability of the solvent. Chlorination in fluorocarbons or their derivatives shows a selectivity similar to the gas phase; chlorination in unreactive polarisable solvents is much less selective whereas chlorination in aromatic solvents is as selective as the gas phase and in carbon disulphide is much more selective, probably due to the formation of a π-complex and an adduct radical (CS2Cl·) respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 143-145 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 1982 |