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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Why is the yield of 1 Degree halide More in borodine hunsdiecker reaction though it proceeds by free radical mechanism?

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 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.