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Why is the yield of one degree halide more in borodine hunsdiecker reacting though it proceeds by free radical mechanism?

Why is the yield of one degree halide more in borodine hunsdiecker reacting though it proceeds by free radical mechanism?

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
6 years ago
The silver(I) salts of carboxylic acids respond with incandescent lamp to give unsteady intermediates which promptly decarboxylate thermally to yield alkyl halides. The response is accepted to include homolysis of the C-C bond and a radical chain system.

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