Highly Efficient One-Step Conversion of Selenol Esters into Symmetrical Diselenides in the Presence of Elemental Iodine in Methanolic Solution

Abstract

A facile, efficient, and convenient procedure has been developed for the direct conversion of selenol esters into the corresponding diselenides in the presence of elemental iodine at room temperature.

Keywords:

• Deprotection
• diselenides
• iodine
• oxidation
• selenol esters

Acknowledgments

Financial support from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology Research Council and the Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF, Grant No. 86063/21) is gratefully acknowledged.

Notes

^a Reaction conditions: Se-phenyl butaneselenoate (1 mmol), dry methanol (3 mL), room temperature.

^b Yields of isolated products.

^a Yields of isolated products.

^b References for known compounds.