Loss of carbon dioxide from a compound. Malonic-acid derivatives can decarboxylate through cyclic proton-transfer/bond-cleavage arrangements that generate a carbonyl-stabilized product.
Heating a substituted malonic acid can release carbon dioxide through a six-membered cyclic transition arrangement. The initial enol-like carboxylic-acid product tautomerizes to a substituted acetic acid.
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