Chemical Communications

Decarboxylative reduction of free aliphatic carboxylic acids by photogenerated cation radical

Y Yoshimi, T Itou, M Hatanaka

Index: Yoshimi, Yasuharu; Itou, Tatsuya; Hatanaka, Minoru Chemical Communications, 2007 , # 48 p. 5244 - 5246

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Abstract

The decarboxylation of free carboxylic acids was effected by a photogenerated cation radical of phenanthrene to yield the reduction product in the presence of a thiol, which provides an alternative method to the Barton decarboxylation procedure for aliphatic acids such as N-Boc amino acids.