Volume 19, Issue 4 pp. 381-385
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Allylation of Diselenides, Aldehydes and Ketones with Ytterbium/Allyl Bromide System

Wei-Ke Su

Wei-Ke Su

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University (Campus Xixi), Hang Zhou, Zhejiang 310028, China

College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China

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Yong-Min Zhang

Yong-Min Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University (Campus Xixi), Hang Zhou, Zhejiang 310028, China

Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200032, China

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Yong-Shu Li

Yong-Shu Li

College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 9

Abstract

In the presence of methyliodide, ytterbium can react with allyl bromide smoothly to form allylytterbium bromide, which further reacts with diselenides, aldehydes and ketones to afford allylselenides and homoallylic alcohols respectively in good yields under mild and neutral conditions.

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