Cesium carbonate-catalyzed alpha-phenylchalcogenation of carbonyl compounds with diphenyl dichalcogenide

Yutaka Nishiyama; Yuya Koguma; Toshimasa Tanaka; Rui Umeda

doi:10.3390/molecules14093367

Cesium carbonate-catalyzed alpha-phenylchalcogenation of carbonyl compounds with diphenyl dichalcogenide

Molecules. 2009 Sep 2;14(9):3367-75. doi: 10.3390/molecules14093367.

Authors

Yutaka Nishiyama¹, Yuya Koguma, Toshimasa Tanaka, Rui Umeda

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. nishiya@kansai-u.ac.jp

Abstract

It was found that cesium carbonate has a unique catalytic ability on the reaction of carbonyl compounds with diphenyl diselenide to give the corresponding alpha-phenylseleno carbonyl compounds in moderate to good yields. Similarly, the alpha-phenylthiolation of carbonyl compounds with diphenyl disulfide was promoted by the cesium carbonate catalyst.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Benzene Derivatives / chemistry
Carbonates / chemistry*
Catalysis
Cesium / chemistry*
Chalcogens / chemistry*
Disulfides / chemistry
Organoselenium Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

Benzene Derivatives
Carbonates
Chalcogens
Disulfides
Organoselenium Compounds
diphenyldiselenide
Cesium
diphenyl disulfide
cesium carbonate