An alternative to this is the Kochi reaction, which uses lead acetate and lithium halide as reagents.   
An alternative to this is the Kochi reaction, which uses lead acetate and lithium halide as reagents.   The mechanism of this reaction involves initial formation of a hypobromite as a result of the precipitation of a metal bromide salt.  A radical reaction is initiated by homolytic cleavage of the oxygen-bromine bond of the hypobromite. The carboxyl radical then proceeds to shed carbon dioxide, leaving an alkyl radical, which then attaches to a bromine to create the final product.  Performed with a heavy metal salt heated with bromine, FTP, name this reaction that decarboxylates an acid leaving an alkyl halide with one less carbon, which is named for German chemists Heinz and Clare.
An alternative to this is the Kochi reaction, which uses lead acetate and lithium halide as reagents.   
Hunsdiecker Reaction