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Caffeic acid decarboxylation?

ChemistryGhost - 28-1-2013 at 13:11

3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid or caffeic acid
Could it be decarboxylated to 3,4 dihydroxyvynylbenzene?

[Edited on 28-1-2013 by ChemistryGhost]

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bbartlog - 28-1-2013 at 14:05

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01176a098