Decarboxylation Reaction Conditions
23.11: Decarboxylation Reactions. Enolates can act as a nucleophile in S N 2 type reactions. Overall an α hydrogen is replaced with an alkyl group. This reaction is one of the more important for enolates because a carbon-carbon bond is formed. These alkylations are affected by the same limitations as S N 2 reactions previously discussed.
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