Ruthenium(III) chloride catalyzed efficient synthesis of unsymmetrical diorganyl selenides via cleavage of dibenzyl and diphenyl diselenides in the presence of zinc

Xiaodan Zhao; Zhengkun Yu; Shenggang Yan; Sizhong Wu; Ren Liu; Wei He; Liandi Wang

doi:10.1021/jo051015o

Ruthenium(III) chloride catalyzed efficient synthesis of unsymmetrical diorganyl selenides via cleavage of dibenzyl and diphenyl diselenides in the presence of zinc

J Org Chem. 2005 Sep 2;70(18):7338-41. doi: 10.1021/jo051015o.

Authors

Xiaodan Zhao¹, Zhengkun Yu, Shenggang Yan, Sizhong Wu, Ren Liu, Wei He, Liandi Wang

Affiliation

¹ Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, PR China.

PMID: 16122256
DOI: 10.1021/jo051015o

Abstract

[equation: see text] An efficient one-pot route to unsymmetrical diorganyl selenides has been developed by ruthenium(III) chloride catalyzed reactions of dibenzyl or diphenyl diselenides with alkyl halides in the presence of zinc. Organic iodides, bromides, and activated chlorides underwent the reactions efficiently. Unreactive organic chlorides also underwent the same type of selenation with sodium bromide as the additive.