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 -carbon adjacent to the group via the enol intermediate.
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