BENZENEPEROXYSELENINIC ACIDS - SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89946-4

Benzeneperoxyseleninic acid (3) and its analogs, 2-nitro and 2,4-dinitrobenzeneperoxyseleninic acids (10, 11), were obtained by oxidation of corresponding arylseleninic acids or diaryldiselenides with hydrogen peroxide.Their chemical properties were studied and rearrangement of 3 to benzeneselenic acid 7 was found as an useful method for preparation of this compound.It was also shown that peroxyseleninic acid 10 can be used as an efficient oxidant in the Baeyer-Villiger transformation of the formyl group into formyloxy one.