Metal-free and atom-efficient protocol for diarylation of selenocyanate by diaryliodonium salts

Org Biomol Chem. 2023 Aug 23;21(33):6743-6749. doi: 10.1039/d3ob00833a.

Abstract

We developed an atom- and reaction mass efficient strategy for the preparation of diarylselenides using iodonium salts as reactants. The developed approach allows the obtaining of diarylselenides from the corresponding trimethoxyphenyl-substituted iodonium salts via a two-step one-pot reaction sequence. The proposed metal-free methodology is based on the involvement of both iodonium aryl groups for diarylation.