The Silver(I) Salts Of Carboxylic Acids React With Halogens To Give Unstable Intermediates Which Readily Decarboxylate Thermally To Yield Alkyl Halides. The Reaction Is Believed To Involve Homolysis Of The C-C Bond And A Radical Chain Mechanism.
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Silver-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Chlorination Of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids
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