K. Fujita et al., ASYMMETRIC METHOXYSELENENYLATION OF OLEFINS USING AN OPTICALLY-ACTIVEDIARYL DISELENIDE DERIVED FROM D-MANNITOL, Tetrahedron letters, 36(29), 1995, pp. 5219-5222
The diastereomeric excess (d.e.) in asymmetric methoxyselenenylation o
f trans-beta-methylstyrene was significantly enhanced by employing the
selenohexafluorophosphate of an optically active diaryl diselenide de
rived from D-mannitol (97 %d.e.). The procedure was applied to the asy
mmetric methoxyselenenylation of various olefins.