Three-Component Electrochemical Aminoselenation of 1,3-Dienes

J Org Chem. 2023 May 5;88(9):5760-5771. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00214. Epub 2023 Apr 7.

Abstract

Azoles and organoselenium compounds are pharmacologically important scaffolds in medicinal chemistry and natural products. We developed an efficient regioselective electrochemical aminoselenation reaction of 1,3-dienes, azoles, and diselenide derivatives to access selenium-containing allylazoles skeletons. This protocol is more economical and environmentally friendly and features a broad substrate scope; pyrazole, triazole, and tetrazolium were all tolerated under the standard conditions, which could be applied to the expedient synthesis of bioactive molecules and in the pharmaceutical industry.