Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Alcohols have been used as alkylating agents in a decarboxylative reaction with malonate half esters via a borrowing hydrogen pathway catalysed by readily available Ru(PPh 3 ) 3 Cl 2 . ... Alcohols have been used as alkylation agents in decarboxylative reactions with half malonates via ...