Table 2.

Ratios (in percent, relative to unreacted anisole) of reaction products from the chlorination of anisole in CCl₄ as determined by NMR

	1	2	3	4	5
Mixture 1*	100	12	1.0	0.8	0.6
Mixture 2†	100	74	3.7	2.4	3.0
Mixture 3‡	100	115	15.5	5.8	7.4
Mixture 4§	100	114	14.0	5.2	7.2

1, anisole; 2, p-chloroanisole; 3, o-chloroanisole; 4 and 5, by-products formed during the chlorination of anisole in CCl₄ (details in SI Appendix).

^*0.01 mol/L anisole + Cl₂ (25 °C).

^†0.05 mol/L anisole + Cl₂ (25 °C).

^‡0.1 mol/L anisole + Cl₂ (25 °C).

^§0.1 mol/L anisole + Cl₂ (5 °C).