what happens when silver acetate is treated with bromine give the equations
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In this reaction silver salt of carboxylic acid is treated with bromine in presence of CCl₄ to form alkyl bromides. It is the reaction which proceeds through free radical mechanism.
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The Hunsdiecker reaction takes place when a silver carboxylate is heated in CCl4 in the presence of bromine. Subsequently, a radical chain reaction occurs. The chain initiation is the homolytic cleavage of the relatively weak oxygen-bromine bond. This yields a carboxyl radical and a bromine atom.
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