Tetrahedron

Electrochemically induced s rn 1 substitution in acetonitrile. Synthesis of arenes substituted by phenylseleno-and phenyltelluro groups

C Degrand

Index: Degrand, Chantal Tetrahedron, 1990 , vol. 46, # 15 p. 5237 - 5252

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Abstract

In MeCN, the direct or mediated cathodic reduction of unactivated ArBr (Ar= 4-biphenyl, 2- fluorenyl, 9-anthryl) in the presence of an equivalent of PhE-(E= Se, Te) leads to ArEPh in interesting isolated yields (53-74%) by SNR1 substitution. The electrochemical synthesis of