What are the #"Wurtz"# and #"Kolbe"# reactions?
1 Answer
Mar 21, 2017
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Explanation:
As far as I know (and I am happy to be corrected), neither reaction is particularly useful in the laboratory:
Clearly, the reaction is thermodynamically downhill, but rather unselective.
This uses very high carbon dioxide pressures, and the eventual products, substituted hydroxy benzoic acids are used in aspirin synthesis.