K. Heuze et al., EASY SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED 1,3-DITHIOLE-2-YLIDENE SELENOPHENES FROM SELENOHETERODIENES, Synthetic communications, 28(2), 1998, pp. 301-310
An original synthesis of substituted formyl selenophene heterocycles i
s described via selenoamide vinylogue from N-selenoacylamidines. The a
ccess of mono and his-substituted 1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene selenophenes,
potential pi-conjugated precursors of selenafulvalene analogs, was ach
ieved using Wittig olefination.