Mj. Dabdoub et al., SYNTHESIS OF KETENE BUTYLTELLURO(PHENYLSELENO)ACETALS BY THE AL TE EXCHANGE-REACTION/, Tetrahedron letters, 37(6), 1996, pp. 831-834
Hydroalumination of acetylenic selenides occurs, regiospecifically and
the vinyl alanes obtained as intermediates were transformed into kete
ne butyltelluro (phenylseleno) acetals by the Al/Te exchange reaction
using C4H9TeBr as electrophile. The stereoselectivity of the hydroalum
ination of chalcogeno acetylenes was confirmed by performing the hydro
lysis of the vinyl alane intermediates that results in formation of th
e correponding Z phenylseleno alkenes with good yields.