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Selenocyclizations: Control by Coordination and by the Counterion
Author(s) -
Khokhar Shaista S.,
Wirth Thomas
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352884
Subject(s) - counterion , chemistry , coordination complex , control (management) , ion , computer science , organic chemistry , metal , artificial intelligence
Selective cyclizations of selenium electrophiles lead to either tetrahydrofurans or lactones (see scheme), depending on the counterions and additives. Modification of the selenium electrophiles allow selective cyclizations, irrespective of the reaction conditions applied.