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Bromotrichloromethane undergoes a photochemically induced reaction with triethylborane and related trialkylboranes to produce chloroform and the corresponding α-bromotrialkylborane; the reaction provides a method for producing the reactive α-bromo-organoborane without the simultaneous production of destructive hydrogen bromide.
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Brown et al. (1971) studied this question.