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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2023 Jul 13;88(15):10881–10904. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00917

Table 5.

Decarboxylation solvent screen.

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entry solventa Conversion (%)b E/Zc
2 h 4 h 24 h
1 NMP 100 - - 96:4
2 DMAc 100 - - 95:5
3 DMSO 100 - - 94:6
4 quinoline 90 100 - 96:4
5 pyridine 75 98 100 96:4
6 1-pentanol - 12 51 96:4
7 propionic acid 0 1 7 98:2
8 p-xylene 0 3 3 97:3
a

Three volumes of solvent relative to 10b.

b

Conversion of 10b to 10c as measured by HPLC (220 nm).

c

E/Z ratio from HPLC.