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At >300°C propene is halogenated to allyl chloride by "hot chlorination" (rather than by halogen addition to the alkene double bond, although the 1,2-dichloropropane is a byproduct).

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

CH3–CH=CH2
  +  
Cl2
         
  +  
HCl
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Substitution: Allylic

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