201.

Hunsdiecker Reaction (Borodine Reaction)

C. Hunsdiecker et al., US 2176181 (1939); H. Hunsdiecker, C. Hunsdiecker, Ber. 75, 291 (1942); A. Borodine, Ann. 119, 121 (1861).

Synthesis of organic halides by thermal decarboxylation of silver salts of the corresponding carboxylic acids in the presence of halogens:

R. G. Johnson, R. K. Ingham, Chem. Rev. 56, 219 (1956); C. V. Wilson, Org. React. 9, 341 (1957); S. J. Cristol, W. C. Firth, Jr., J. Org. Chem. 26, 280 (1961); F. F. Knapp, Jr., Steroids 33, 245 (1979); A. I. Meyers, M. P. Fleming, J. Org. Chem. 44, 3405 (1979). Modified catalysis by metal salt pool: S. Chowdhury, S. Roy, Tetrahedron Lett. 37, 2623 (1996); D. Naskar, S. Roy, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1999, 2436; eidem, Tetrahedron 56, 1369 (2000). Cf. Kochi Reaction; Simonini Reaction.