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THE method described below by means of examples enables the group -CO-CO-CO- or -CO-CH2-CO- to be converted into the dicarbonyl group -CO-CO-, which is virtually the degradation of a propane derivative into an ethane derivative.
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SCHÖNBERG, A. A Degradation Reaction in Organic Chemistry. Nature 142, 997 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142997a0
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