[Kylle]

Hi Chemestry Forums
Im sorry if this should have ben in the high school chemestry section, didnt know where to put it.

well its accualy very simple, i have a molucule where i have a carbon bounded to a carboxyl group, the problem is that i dont know how to remove it
so instead of C-CO2H then  C-H

if anyone know please contack me
aigen im sorry for my bad english are german, and sorry if it is in the  wrong section
and yes i am very bad at chemestry

[sjb]

Hi Chemestry Forums
Im sorry if this should have ben in the high school chemestry section, didnt know where to put it.

well its accualy very simple, i have a molucule where i have a carbon bounded to a carboxyl group, the problem is that i dont know how to remove it
so instead of C-CO2H then  C-H

if anyone know please contack me
aigen im sorry for my bad english are german, and sorry if it is in the  wrong section
and yes i am very bad at chemestry

Some compounds will decarboxylate more readily than others. Can you let us know what else there is in your molecule?

See for instance http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decarboxylation&oldid=594469431 (or the German equivalent at http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decarboxylierung&oldid=126567309 )

[zsinger]

Kolbe, Hunsdieker (nasty), Barton-McCombie, Kochi is all I know of.  None are easy, nor fun.  Yields suffer greatly unless you have a very advanced mantle which will keep a super exact temperature.  Otherwise, hydrocarbon cracking.
                  -Z