Tetrahedron

Lithium diselenide in aprotic medium-a convenient reagent for synthesis of organic diselenides

L Syper, J Mlochowski

Index: Syper, Ludwik; Mlochowski, Jacek Tetrahedron, 1988 , vol. 44, # 19 p. 6119 - 6130

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Abstract

The reduction of selenium with lithium in THF in the presence of diphenylacetylene as a catalyst afforded lithium diselenide, which reacted with electrophiles giving alkyl or aryl diselenides1-3 and selenides 4, as by-products. The useful method for preparation of diselenides based on this reaction was elaborated.