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A useful synthesis of α,β-bis(methylseleno)alkanes and α,δ-bis(methylseleno)alk-2-enes by the reactions of alkenes and 1,3-dienes with B(SeMe)3-Lewis acid

Mitsuhiro Yoshimatsu

Mitsuhiro Yoshimatsu

Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 6-1, Mitahora-higashi 5-chome, Gifu 502, Japan

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Takashi Asahi

Takashi Asahi

Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 6-1, Mitahora-higashi 5-chome, Gifu 502, Japan

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Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 6-1, Mitahora-higashi 5-chome, Gifu 502, Japan

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Tadashi Kataoka

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Tadashi Kataoka

Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 6-1, Mitahora-higashi 5-chome, Gifu 502, Japan

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First published: May/June 1995
Citations: 3

Dedicated to Prof. Shigeru Oae on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday.

Abstract

Reactions of tris(methylsenleno)borane-SnCl4 with alkenes 1a–g gave α,β-bis(methylseleno)alkanes 2a–g, stereospecifically, and reactions with 1,3-dienes 1i–k afforded α,β-bis(methylseleno)alk-2-enes 2i–k, regioselectively.

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