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Photodecarboxylation of arylacetic acids induced by light-sensitive Hg 2 F 2

MH Habibi, S Farhadi

Index: Habibi, Mohammad H.; Farhadi, Saeid Tetrahedron Letters, 1999 , vol. 40, # 14 p. 2821 - 2824

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Abstract

Photolysis of arylacetic acids in argon-saturated acetonitrile in the presence of Hg2F2 gives the corresponding 1, 2-diarylethanes as the major product via a radical pathway. This reaction offers an interesting procedure for selective decarboxylation of arylacetic acids with the assistance of a light-sensitive compound.