Wohl-Ziegler Reaction

A. Wohl, Ber. 52, 51 (1919); K. Ziegler et al., Ann. 551, 30 (1942).

Allylic bromination of olefins with N-. Peroxides or ultraviolet light are used as initiators:



Reviews: C. Djerassi, Chem. Rev. 43, 271 (1948); L. Horner, E. M. Winkelman, Angew. Chem. 71, 349 (1959); S. S. Novikov, et al., Russ. Chem. Rev. 31, 671 (1962); A. Nechvatal, Adv. Free-Radical Chem. 4, 175-201 (1972).