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Organic Chemistry

SO2Cl2 is used as chlorination of allylic carbon but by which mechanism it goes via?

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5 Years agoGrade
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5 Years ago
Allylic substitution by SO2Cl2 or NBS goes through free radical mechanism. In this reaction Allylic free radical form which is stable by resonance.