Ys. Hon et al., PREPARATION OF ALPHA-SUBSTITUTED ACROLEINS VIA THE REACTION OF ALDEHYDE WITH DIHALOMETHANE AND DIETHYLAMINE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (18), 1994, pp. 2041-2042
Treatment of ozonides or aldehydes with a mixture of dihalomethane and
diethylamine in dichloromethane affords alpha-substituted acroleins i
n good yields, the beta-carbon of the acrolein being derived from diha
lomethane; the relative rates and yields are in the following order: C
H(2)l(2) > CH2Br2 > CH2Cl2.