Abstract

Reaction of chloroform with acrylic esters 1a-g, carried out in the presence of 50% aq NaOH, benzyltriethylammonium chloride (TEBACl) as a catalyst in heptane, gives exclusively adducts of trichloromethyl anion 2a-g with good yields. The same reaction carried out in the absence of solvent yields a mixture of products.

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