The Journal of organic chemistry

Efficient reductive selenation of aromatic aldehydes to symmetrical diselenides with Se/CO/H2O under atmospheric pressure

F Tian, Z Yu, S Lu

Index: Tian, Fengshou; Yu, Zhengkun; Lu, Shiwei Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 , vol. 69, # 13 p. 4520 - 4523

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Abstract

An efficient method for the synthesis of symmetrical diselenides is described. Reductive selenation of aromatic and heterocyclic aromatic aldehydes (ArCHO) with Se/CO/H2O in DMF afforded diselenides (ArCH2SeSeCH2Ar) in yields up to 94% under atmospheric pressure without use of a base.

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