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Generation and Dienophilic reactivity of α-oxoselenoaldehydes and ketones

J Nakayama, K Akimoto, J Niijima, M Hoshino

Index: Nakayama, Juzo; Akimoto, Keiichi; Niijima, Jun; Hoshino, Masamatsu Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 38 p. 4423 - 4426

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Abstract

Abstract The reaction of elemental selenium with sulfur ylides stabilized by electron- withdrawing substituent (s) affords a facile method for generation of functionalized selenocarbonyl compounds, which can be effectively trapped by Diels-Alder reaction with 1, 3-dienes.