Chapter 19: Carboxylic Acids |
Summary
DECARBOXYLATION | |
Step 1: Remember curly arrows flow.... Start at the protonation of the carbonyl, break the O-H bond and form the p bond, break the C-C and make the C=C. Note the concerted nature of this reaction and the cyclic transition state. |
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Step 2: Tautomerisation of the enol of the carboxylic acid leads to the acid product (not shown here). |
© Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry |