The Journal of organic chemistry

Indium (I) iodide-promoted cleavage of diaryl diselenides and disulfides and subsequent condensation with alkyl or acyl halides. One-pot efficient synthesis of …

BC Ranu, T Mandal

Index: Ranu, Brindaban C.; Mandal, Tanmay Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 , vol. 69, # 17 p. 5793 - 5795

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Citation Number: 132

Abstract

Diphenyl diselenides and disulfides undergo facile cleavages by indium (I) iodide and the corresponding generated selenate and thiolate anions condense in situ with alkyl or acyl halides present in the reaction mixture. Thus, a simple, efficient, and general procedure has been developed for the synthesis of unsymmetrical diorganyl selenides, sulfides (thioethers), selenoesters, and thioesters by this one-pot reaction at room temperature.