Abstract
CONTENTS
I. Introduction 374
II. Early views on the mechanism of anomalous chlorination 374
III. Homolytic mechanism of chlorination 374
IV. Heterolytic mechanism of halogenation 375
V. Reaction of alkenes containing a quaternary carbon atom with hypohalogen acids 379
VI. Reactions of alkenes branched at the double bond with bromine and interhalogen compounds 381