The kinetics and mechanisms of additions to olefinic substances. Part X. Stereochemistry of the chloro- and bromo-hydrins derived from cinnamic acid, and of some derivatives thereof

The racemic chlorohydrins and bromohydrins derived from cinnamic acid, together with their methyl esters, the acetates thereof, and the derived epoxides, have been prepared by routes which, when associated with their physical and chemical properties, establish their structures, including their stereochemistry. The results allow correction of some assignments of structure given in the literature.