Synthesis

Efficient Preparation of α, α-Dialkyl-α-(phenylselanyl) acetates and α, β-Unsaturated Esters from the Corresponding α, α-Dialkyl-α-cyanoacetates by a Lithium …

YC Ko, JL Zhu

Index: Ko, Yen-Chun; Zhu, Jia-Liang Synthesis, 2007 , # 23 p. 3659 - 3665

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Abstract

Abstract An array of α, α-dialkyl-α-(phenylselanyl) acetates has been synthesized very efficiently from readily available α, α-dialkyl-α-cyanoacetates, by use of lithium naphthalenide induced reductive α-selenenylation as a key operation. Moreover, the selanyl