Synthesis of Organic Diselenide Using Zinc Powder
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 23 (12) , 1721-1725
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919308011270
Abstract
A new synthetic method of diselenide by reducing element selenium with zinc powder in basic environment, and then reacting with electrophiles is described. Nine diselenides are synthesized with yields between 52–90%.Keywords
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