Methylene Derivatives as Intermediates in Polar Reactions. XIII. The Basic Hydrolysis of Bromochloroiodomethane1

J Hine, FP Prosser

Index: Hine; Prosser Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 4282,4283

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Abstract

Erotnochloroiodomethane may be prepared conreniently by the action of alkali and sodium iodide on dibromochloromethane in methanol. The reaction involves the reversible formation of a trihalomethyl carbanion followed by a slower decomposition of the carbanion to dihalomethylenes. Each of the two intermediates, bromochloromethylene and chloroiodomethylene, is formed to a considerable extent. The reaction (as measured by ...