Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 28P
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The radical chain mechanism of the Hunsdiecker reaction is to be represented.

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The Hunsdiecker reaction is an organic reaction in which silver salts of carboxylic acid are added to a halogen in order to produce an organic halide. This reaction is also known as Hunsdiecker–Borodin reaction. The reaction of Hunsdiecker is as follows:

Organic Chemistry, Chapter 10, Problem 28P

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