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A palladium-catalyzed aromatic decarboxylation reaction has been developed. With electron-rich aromatic acids, the reaction proceeds e
fficientlyunder
fairly mild conditions in good yields. The method was use
ful with complex
functionalized substrates containing hindered carboxylicacids.