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decarboxylation
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de·car·box·yl·a·tion (dkär-bks-lshn)
n.
Removal of a carboxyl group from a chemical compound, usually with hydrogen replacing it.

decarboxylation [de″kahr-bok″sĭ-la´shun]
removal of the carboxyl group from a compound.

decarboxylation
(dē´karbok´slā´shn),
n a chemical reaction involving the removal of a molecule of carbon dioxide from carboxylic acid.

decarboxylation
removal of the carboxyl group from a compound.


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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Neither the Biorat strains nor the Ratin strain was shown to decarboxylate lysine.
This has been reported (22) to involve an initial reaction with water to form an unstable carbamic acid intermediate that spontaneously decarboxylates into an amine and carbon dioxide, as shown in Figures 4A-C.
During our investigations to develop a convenient three-step one pot synthesis of N-H pyrazoles, we explored the possibility of dilithiation of several C([alpha]),N-carbobenzyl-oxyhydrazones and related carboalkoxyhydrazones and their condensation with select esters, followed by acid hydrolysis to the pyrazole N-carboxylic acid, which would decarboxylate to the N-H pyrazole.
 
 
 
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