Tetrahedron letters

Diselenide-assisted sulfuration of dienes

AZ Rys, Y Hou, IA Abu-Yousef, DN Harpp

Index: Rys, Andrzej Z.; Harpp, David N. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 50 p. 9139 - 9142

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Abstract

Various diselenides assist in the sulfuration of dienes giving cyclic di-and tetrasulfides as main products. The reaction requires a 2-fold excess of diselenides to be efficient. Catalytic amounts of diselenides result in lower yields. This is likely due to secondary reactions