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Abstract Alkyl radicals were easily produced from secondary or tertiary alcohols in a cheap and simple way by silver-catalyzed decarboxylation of oxalic acid monoesters by S2O8=. They were utilized for the alkylation of heteroaromatic bases in a two-phase system, with high yields and selectivity.
Coppa et al. (Wed,) studied this question.