The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of selenocyanates via cyanoselenation of organocopper reagents

PT Meinke, GA Krafft, A Guram

Index: Meinke, Peter T.; Krafft, Grant A.; Guram, Anil Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988 , vol. 53, # 15 p. 3632 - 3634

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Abstract

-78 C+ 0 C RAR'variety of selenocyanates, including aryl and aliphatic derivatives (Table I), were prepared by this route in good to excellent yields. The vinylic cy-silyl selenocyanate 2e and the alkynyl selenocyanates 2a also were prepared, in anticipation of their conversion to selenoketenes and selenocumulenes, respectively. The a-selenocyanate derived from allyltrimethylsilane (lb) was sought as a precursor to the unknown seleno-