Iron salt, a cheap, highly efficient and environment-friendly metal catalyst for Se–Se bond cleavage and the further reaction with methylenecyclopropanes under mild …

L Yu, L Ren, R Yi, Y Wu, T Chen, R Guo

Index: Yu, Lei; Ren, Lingfeng; Yi, Rong; Wu, Yulan; Chen, Tian; Guo, Rong Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 696, # 10 p. 2228 - 2233

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Abstract

FeCl3 was found to be a good catalyst in Se-Se bond cleavage. Further electrophilic additions to methylenecyclopropanes provide a convenient access to diphenylselenylcyclobutanes. Comparing with other Lewis acids, FeCl3 is much cheaper and the reaction conditions are milde and more tolerance to air and moisture.