Abstract
A mechanism proposed by Conway and Vijh for the Kolbe reaction is criticized, and the author's previously given mechanism is defended, on the general ground that the adsorbed intermediates postulated by Conway and Vijh could not give the known products because of stereochemical considerations, whereas the non- adsorbed intermediates postulated by Eberson can do so through their rotation.
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