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Photolytic decarboxylation of α-arylcarboxylic acids mediated by HgF 2 under a dioxygen atmosphere

S Farhadi, P Zaringhadam, RZ Sahamieh

Index: Farhadi, Saeid; Zaringhadam, Parisa; Sahamieh, Reza Zarei Tetrahedron Letters, 2006 , vol. 47, # 12 p. 1965 - 1968

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Abstract

Mercuric fluoride (HgF2), as a light-sensitive inorganic compound, in the presence of dioxygen is able to convert various α-aryl-and α, α-diarylcarboxylic acids into the corresponding aldehydes and ketones selectively under photoirradiation via trapping of the benzylic radical by O2.