A review with many refs. is given on the decarboxylation and oxidn. modes of spontaneous decompn. of carboxylic acids in hydrothermal sedimentary environments with the main emphasis on the reactions of acetic acid including: the stability of aliph. monocarboxylic acids, the stability of dicarboxylic acids, a detailed crit. discussion of the exptl. techniques used to derive the rate consts. and suggestions for future expts. on SciFinder(R)]
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Bell, J. L. S., & Palmer, D. A. (1994). Experimental Studies of Organic Acid Decomposition. In Organic Acids in Geological Processes (pp. 226–269). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78356-2_9
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