Under photooxidation in pyridine in the presence of FeClg, mono-and disubstituted olefins gave -chloro ketones, while triand tetrasubstituted olefins gave dichloro ketones with a C-C bond cleavage. The reaction was interpreted in terms of an electron-transfer mechanism occurring
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