75772-20-2

Basic information

• Product Name: 2-methylbenzyl methyl selenide
• Synonyms: 2-methylbenzyl methyl selenide
• CAS NO: 75772-20-2
• Molecular Weight: 199.154
• Mol File: 75772-20-2.mol
• Article Data: 3

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 2-methylbenzyl methyl selenide(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2-methylbenzyl methyl selenide(75772-20-2)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2-methylbenzyl methyl selenide(75772-20-2)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 75772-20-2(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 100-44-7 benzyl chloride 
• 5925-78-0 benzyl methyl selenide 
• 75772-19-9 benzyldimethylselenonium fluorosulfonate 

Relevant articles and documents

RADICAL C-Se BOND CLEVAVAGE OF SELENONIUM SALTS WITH GRIGNARD REAGENTS OR MAGNESIUM METAL

The reaction of 2-methylisoselenochromanium salt with Grignard reagents afforded the reductive ring-opened product by the single electron transfer (SET) mechanizm, not by the self-decomposition of ?-selenurane.The same reduction was observed in the reaction of the selenonium salt with magnesium metal.Some other selenonium salts were easily reduced by magnesium metal to give ring-opened products.

Base Treatment of Benzylic Selenonium Salts. Sigmatropic Rearrangements vs. Nucleophilic Displacement

Treatment of certain benzylic selenonium salts with a variety of bases resulted in nucleophilic attack to yield either an alkylation or a benzylation of the base, while the use of sodium amide in liquid ammonia as base generated a selenonium ylide which gave ortho substitution of the benzyl group via sigmatropic rearrangement.