The iodine catalysed bromination of some aromatic compounds

Abstract

Lucas (Lucas, J.A.C.S., 1925, 2475) first suggested that electron displacement might influence halogen addition, and Burton and Ingold (Burton and Ingold, J.C.S., 1928, 1894) first formulated an orientation theory for conjugative addition. After this, knowledge concerning the mechanisms of organic halogenations developed rapidly, and by 1931, Ingold and Ingold (Ingold and Ingold, J.C.S., 1931, 2359) were able to put forward a general theory of the mechanism of halogen addition to compounds containing an ethylene link.