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Octaselenocyclododecane
Author(s) -
Hua Guoxiong,
Griffin John M.,
Ashbrook Sharon E.,
Slawin Alexandra M. Z.,
Woollins J. Derek
Publication year - 2011
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.201006081
Subject(s) - dichloromethane , reagent , chemistry , ring (chemistry) , solvent , polar , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , astronomy
The first of its kind? A simple, twelve‐membered C‐Se heterocycle (see structure; blue C, yellow Se, black H) was obtained by treatment of secondary amines with Woollins' reagent. The ring formation proceeds through diselenoate intermediates and requires a polar solvent like dichloromethane.