SYNTHESIS OF SELENOL ESTERS VIA SELENIUM-ASSISTED CARBONYLATION OF 2-ARYLPROPIONITRILES WITH CARBON-MONOXIDE

Authors
MAEDA H FUJIWARA S NISHIYAMA A SHIN T KAMBE N SONODA N
Citation
H. Maeda et al., SYNTHESIS OF SELENOL ESTERS VIA SELENIUM-ASSISTED CARBONYLATION OF 2-ARYLPROPIONITRILES WITH CARBON-MONOXIDE, Synthesis, (3), 1997, pp. 342
Citations number
74
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthesis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397881
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7881(1997):3<342:SOSEVS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Lithiated 2-arylpropionitriles were found to react with selenium and c arbon monoxide under mild conditions to yield lithium selenocarboxylat es. Subsequent alkylation of the selenocarboxylates with methyl iodide gave the corresponding selenol esters in good to high yields.