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Q: Reaction between RCH2=CH2 and CCl4 -- Why does it form RCHClCH2CH(R)CH2CCl3 along with RCHClCH2CCl3?
I am reading Organic Chemistry from Morrison & Boyd and there is this problem in it:
Problem 6.8 From the addition of $\ce{CCl4}$ to alkenes (in presence of peroxides), $\ce{RCH2=CH2}$, there is obtained not only $\ce{RCHClCH2CCl3}$ but also $\ce{RCHClCH2CH(R)CH2CCl3}.$ Using only the kind of...
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