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Allyl chloride is converted into epichlorohydrin by adding hypochlorous acid to the alkene double bond (at 30°C) forming a mixture of dichlorohydroxypropane isomers. Under basic conditions (at 80°C), calcium hydroxide is usually used, an internal nucleophilic substitution occurs to give the chloro epoxide.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

2
  +  
2
HClO
  +  
Ca(OH)2
         
2
  +  
CaCl2
  +  
2
H2O
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3-Chloro-1-propene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hypochlorous acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium hydroxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Epichlorohydrin     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Substitution: Nucleophilic Internal

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