Sigmatropic isomerizations in 2-aza-allylic systems. Part X. Prototropic and chlorotropic rearrangements in fluoroalkyl-substituted 1,3-dichloro-imines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-1139(94)03133-9

The photochemical chlorination of N-benzylimidoyl chlorides RC(Cl)=NCH2Ph (R = CF3, CFCl2, C3F7, _tBu, Ar) results in RC(Cl)=NCH(Cl)Ph or its mixture with isomeric RCCl2N=CHPh depending on the nature of the substituent R. 1,3-Prototropic and 1,3