The 4-Selenanols (2,3) and 4-selenanones (4) were obtained by the reaction
of 1,4-pentadien-3-ones (1) with sodium hydrogen selenide under different c
onditions. The fused 1,2,3-selenadiazoles (6) and 1,2,3-thiadiazoles (7) we
re prepared from 4 on oxidative cyclization with SeO2 and Hurd-Mori reactio
n with SOCl2.