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Reactivity of α-arylseleno-aldehydes towards halogens and benzeneselenenyl chloride

C Paulmier, F Outurquin, JC Plaquevent

Index: Paulmier, Claude; Outurquin, Francis; Plaquevent, Jean-Christophe Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 46 p. 5893 - 5896

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Abstract

Abstract Chlorination of α-seleno-aldehydes bearing an α-hydrogen gives selenium dichlorides which decompose into α-chloro α-seleno-aldehydes and α-chloroenal. Bromination, in all cases, and chlorination for the other α-seleno-aldehydes lead to the α- halogenoaldehydes.