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A method was developed for the synthesis of chlorofluoroalkanes by the conjugated chlorination of olefins in anhydrous HF. The 2-chloroethyl cation formed in the chlorination of ethylene can make an electrophilic attack on benzene with formation of (2-chloroethyl)benzene.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1065–1069, June, 1966.
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Knunyants, I.L., German, L.S. Reactions in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride Communication 1. Conjugated halogenation of olefins. Russ Chem Bull 15, 1016–1019 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846058
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