General synthesis of alkyl phenyl selenides from organic halides mediated by zinc in aqueous medium

…, ACPF de Sá, PH Menezes, SMC Gonçalves

Index: Bieber, Lothar W.; De Sa, Ana C.P.F.; Menezes, Paulo H.; Goncalves, Simone M.C. Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 28 p. 4597 - 4599

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Abstract

Organic halides of different structural types react with diphenyl diselenide and zinc dust in aqueous medium to give alkyl phenyl selenides. Benzylic and allylic bromides, α- bromoesters, acids and ketones and some primary alkyl iodides produce high yields even ...