Résumé Morpholinobenzeneselenenamide (MBSe) react with enals to form α- phenylselenoenals which undergo Wittig and Horner reactions. We synthetise 1-substituted 3-phenylseleno-1, 3 butadienes. Oxidation and subsequent 2, 3-sigmatropic rearrangement lead to α-fonctionnalized α-hydroxyallenes. This compounds give access to 2, 5 dihydrofurans.
[Latham, John A.; Branchaud, Bruce P.; Chen, Y.-C. Jack; Walsh, Christopher Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1986 , # 7 p. 528 - 530]