Tetrahedron

The invention of radical reactions. Part XXXVII. A convenient radical synthesis of dialkyl diselenides from carboxylic acids

DHR Barton, G Fontana

Index: Barton, Derek H. R.; Fontana, Giovanni Tetrahedron, 1996 , vol. 52, # 34 p. 11163 - 11176

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Abstract

A new and convenient synthesis of dialkyl diselenides from carboxylic acids by Barton PTOC ester based radical chemistry is described. This method was especially successful when O- cholestan-3β-yl-2, 2, 2-trichloroselenoacetate and O-neopentyl selenobenzoate were used as radical traps.