Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen

HVZ halogenation regiochemistry misplaced

What goes wrong

Directs Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation to a non-alpha position instead of the alpha-carbon.

Next time

Direct halogen substitution exclusively to the α\alpha-carbon adjacent to the COOH-COOH group via the enol intermediate.

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