Russian Chemical Bulletin

Reaction of selenium with acetylene: synthesis of 1, 4-diselenafulvene

VA Potapov, SV Amosova, IV Doron'kina

Index: Potapov; Amosova; Doron'Kina Russian Chemical Bulletin, 2008 , vol. 57, # 3 p. 684 - 685

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Abstract

It is known1, 2 that the reaction of selenium with acetyl ene in KOH—H2O—SnCl2, KOH— DMSO—SnCl2—H2O, and KOH—HMPA—SnCl2—H2O systems at 90—140 C and under 10—15 atm leads to divinyl selenide in up to 80% yield. We found that in the reaction of