
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118133576
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 17, Problem 16PP
Practice Problem 17.15
Using decarboxylation reactions, outline a synthesis of each of the following from appropriate starting materials:
(a) 2-Hexanone
(b) 2-Methylbutanoic acid
(c) Cyclohexanone
(d) Pentanoic acid
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