Abstract
Functionalized 2-hydroxy-5-arylselanyl-benzoates were prepared by formal [3+3] cyclizations of 1,3-bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with 2-arylselanyl-3-silyloxy-alk-2-en-1-ones.
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Acknowledgements
Financial support by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (scholarship for M. S.) is gratefully acknowledged.