Silver-catalysed protodecarboxylation of ortho-substituted benzoic acids

J Cornella, C Sanchez, D Banawa…

Index: Cornella, Josep; Sanchez, Carolina; Banawa, David; Larrosa, Igor Chemical Communications, 2009 , # 46 p. 7176 - 7178

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Abstract

Catalytic amounts of Ag (I) salts in DMSO have been found to promote the protodecarboxylation of a wide variety of ortho-substituted benzoic acids under mild conditions and in excellent yields, highlighting a possible role for silver in decarboxylative cross-couplings.