Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.10, 918-919, 2003
A facile method for synthesis of alkyl phenyl selenides. The reaction of diphenyl diselenide with oxygen-containing compounds using La/Me3SiCl/I-cat.(2)/(CuI)-Cu-cat. system
Alcohols, ethers, and esters were directly converted to the corresponding alkyl phenyl selenides by the reaction of diphenyl diselenide and the La/Me3SiCl/I-cat.(2)/(CUI)-C-cat.. It was suggested that alkyl phenyl selenides were formed by the S(H)2 type reaction of diphenyl diselenide with alkyl radicals generated from alcohols, ethers or esters.