75927-91-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
A New Radical Decarboxylation Reaction for the Conversion of Carboxylic Acids into Hydrocarbons
Barton, Derek H. R.,Dowlatshahi, Hussein A.,Motherwell, William B.,Villemin, Didier
, p. 732 - 733 (2007/10/02)
The esters of trans-9-hydroxy-10-phenylthio- or -10-chloro-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene are smoothly reduced under neutral conditions by tri-n-butylstannane to furnish, by radical elimination, phenanthrene and the nor-hydrocarbon formed from decomposition of the corresponding acyloxy radical.
