Synlett 2003, No. 4, Print: 12 03 2003. Art Id.1437-2096,E;2003,0,04,0542,0546,ftx,en;D28903ST.pdf. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York ISSN 0936-5214 Abstract: Treatment of an α-amino acid with N-bromosuccinimide in water at pH 5 or in an alcoholic-aqueous ammonium chloride mixture, followed by addition of nickel(II) chloride and sodium borohydride, effected an overall decarboxylation v...