Photodissociation of the Trichloromethyl Radical: Photofragment Imaging and Femtosecond Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Halogen-containing radicals play a key role in catalytic reactions leading to stratospheric ozone destruction, thus their photochemistry is of considerable interest. Here we investigate the photodissociation dynamics of the trichloromethyl...

Determining chemospecificity in reactions with chain transfer agent and corresponding radical via evaluation of molecular weight dependency of apparent comonomer reactivity ratios: free-radical copolymerization of vinyl acetate and dibutyl maleate

Performing copolymerization with two different conditions leading to different molecular weights allows us to determine trichloromethyl radical reactivity towards comonomers.

Reaction of cyclopropenes with a trichloromethyl radical: unprecedented ring-opening reaction of cyclopropanes with migration

The triethylborane-mediated direct addition of chloroform to cyclopropenes afforded trichloromethylcyclopropanes. In contrast, the use of dimethylzinc gave the unconjugated diene via ring-opening reactions.