Unusual rearrangement of polychloroalkyl radicals involving 1,5-hydrogen shift; a possible source of anomalous structures in polyvinylidene chloride

Abstract

The addition of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane to vinylidene chloride in the presence of co-ordination catalysts gives the adduct ClCH₂CH₂CCl₂CH₂CCl₃ and higher telomers along with an appreciable amount of CHCl₂CH₂CCl₂CH₂CHCl₂ formed by 1,5-hydrogen shift in the intermediate radical.