The Journal of Organic Chemistry

… synthesis of alkali metal selenides and diselenides in tetrahydrofuran and the reactivity differences exhibited by these salts toward organic bromides. Effect of …

DP Thompson, P Boudjouk

Index: Thompson, Dennis P.; Boudjouk, Philip Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 53, # 9 p. 2109 - 2112

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Dennis P. Thompson and Philip Boudjouk* Department of Chemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105 Received September 9, 1987 ... Introduction Selenium and tellurium anions react with organic halides to form selenides, diselenides, tellurides, and ditelluride~l-~ (eq 1 and 2). ... (1) (2) R = alkyl, aryl; X = halogen; E = Se, Te Historically, the syntheses of selenium salts of the type M2Sen (where M is an alkali metal and n = 1 or 2) were ...