The kinetics of bromine addition to olefinic compounds in chloroform and chlorobenzene

Abstract

The kinetics of halogen addition have developed almost entirely during the last forty years, beginning with isolated experiments which have been extended to cover a large number of compounds. Recent work, using an improved technique, has been of a more systematic nature and theories have been proposed to explain the complex mechanism of halogen addition and substitution. This introduction is intended as a survey of previous work on halogen addition to olefinic compounds. The subject of photo-addition will not be discussed as it would be irrelevant to the experimental work presented herein.