The thermal decarboxylation of trans-2-p
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James J. Sims; Matt Ban
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Article
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1968
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Elsevier Science
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French
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It has recently been demonstrated that cyclopropylacetic acid and 8-e of its derivatives will undergo smooth thermal decarboxylation with attendant opening of the cyclopropane ring (la-c). We have been investigating other possible cases of this new reaction to assess its value as a synthetic method.