It's not a decarboxylation, but one reaction of this type used to convert nitrite esters to delta-nitrosoalcohols is named for Derek Barton.
This kind of reaction is used to convert the compounds DMPA and camphorquinone into their active form. It's not a decarboxylation, but one reaction of this type used to convert nitrite esters to delta-nitrosoalcohols is named for Derek Barton. In another reaction of this type, a compound with two alkenes separated by a single quaternary carbon rearranges to form a vinyl-substituted cyclopropane--that reaction is the di-pi-methane rearrangement. Carbonyls can be cleaved using this type of reaction in both type I and type II Norrish reactions. An example of these reactions useful in microfabrication of semiconductor devices is the Wolff rearrangement. An electrocyclic ring closure of this type proceeds in a conrotatory fashion according to the Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Thermal reactions are contrasted with, for 10 points, what class of reactions which are denoted using the letters "h nu" over the reaction arrow?
This kind of reaction is used to convert the compounds DMPA and camphorquinone into their active form.
photochemical reactions [accept answers indicating the reaction is catalyzed by light; accept photolysis or pretty much anything with the prefix photo-; prompt on answers indicating that the reaction involves free radicals]