Xr. Zhao et al., CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF PRIMARY SELENOAMIDES FROM ARYL NITRILES, SELENIUM AND SODIUM-BOROHYDRIDE, Synthetic communications, 24(12), 1994, pp. 1761-1765
Aryl nitriles react smoothly with sodium hydrogen selenide, itself pre
pared in situ from selenium and sodium borohydride, in ethanol to give
the corresponding primary selenoamides in moderate to good yield.