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CeCl 3 /Sm System Induced Reductive Cleavage of the Se‐Se Bond in Diaryl Diselenides: A Novel Method for the Synthesis of β‐Selenoesters and β‐Selenonitriles
Author(s) -
Li Xue,
Zhang Songlin,
Wang Yulu,
Zhang Yongmin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.200200160
Subject(s) - chemistry , cleavage (geology) , medicinal chemistry , bond cleavage , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology) , engineering
The Se‐Se bond in diselenides was reduced by CeCl 3 /Sm system to produce selenolate anions, which react with α,β‐unsaturated esters or α,β‐unsaturated nitriles to afford β‐selenoesters and β‐selenonitriles, respectively.