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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7176 - 7178, DOI: 10.1039/b916646g


Silver-catalysed protodecarboxylation of ortho-substituted benzoic acids

Josep Cornella, Carolina Sanchez, David Banawa and Igor Larrosa


Catalytic amounts of Ag(I) salts in DMSO have been found to promote the protodecarboxylation of a wide variety of ortho-substituted benzoic acids under mild conditions and in excellent yields, highlighting a possible role for silver in decarboxylative cross-couplings.

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