Barton Decarboxylation

D. H. R. Barton et al., Chem. Commun. 1983, 939; eidem, Tetrahedron 41, 3901 (1985).

Radical decarboxylation of organic acids to the corresponding noralkane with tri-n-butyltin hydride or t-butylmercaptan:



Synthetic application: F. E. Ziegler, M. Belema, J. Org. Chem. 62, 1083 (1997).