Tetrahedron

Imidazolium-containing diselenides for catalytic oxidations with hydrogen peroxide and sodium bromide in aqueous solutions

EE Alberto, AL Braga, MR Detty

Index: Alberto, Eduardo E.; Detty, Michael R.; Braga, Antonio L. Tetrahedron, 2012 , vol. 68, # 51 p. 10476 - 10481,6

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Abstract

The design and synthesis of imidazolium-containing diselenides 4a–c is described. The introduction of the N-methylimidazolium group gives freely soluble compounds in water, unlike the majority of common organic diselenides. Catalytic amounts of 4a–c effectively promote bromination of organic substrates using a safe and inexpensive NaBr/H2O2 system in water. Kinetics experiments revealed that the bromination of 4-pentenoic acid has a first ...