http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~leleuter/organic/carboxylic2.html
look down at the bottom, #5.
RCOOAg + Br2 + heat => RBr + AgBr + C02
now, is their anyway to methylate that Br without fucking with the amine? Swim is looking diligently, but w/ very little Ochem knowledge as of yet, he is a little out of his leauge.
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