REACTIONS OF CHLOROMETHYL HEPTYL ETHER WITH SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM
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Bis(heptyloxymethyl)selane (IV). H NMR spec-
trum, δ, ppm: 0.85 t (3H, CH3), 1.27 m (8H, CH2),
1.55 m (2H, CH2CH2O), 3.46 t (2H, CH2O), 5.03 s
m. Mass spectrum: m/z (80Se) 224 [M]+·. Found, %:
C 48.56; H 8.67; Se 35.00. C9H20OSe. Calculated, %:
C 48.43; H 8.97; Se 35.43. M 223.2.
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(2H, OCH2Se, satellites with JH–Se = 17.92 Hz).
b. Dimethyldiselane, 2.2 g (12 mmol), was added to
a solution of 3.2 g (58 mmol) of potassium hydroxide
in 14.5 ml of hydrazine hydrate. The mixture was
stirred for 2.5 h at 80–85°C and cooled to 25°C, 2.4 g
(27 mmol) of chloromethyl ether I was added, and the
mixture was stirred for 3.5 h at 40–45°C, cooled to
25°C, diluted with 10 ml of water, and extracted with
15 ml of methylene chloride. The extract was dried
over MgSO4 and evaporated. According to the GLC
data, the residue contained 0.8 g (50% on the initial
ether I) of heptan-1-ol, 1.0 g (31%) of selane VII, and
0.2 g (10%) of diheptyl acetal III. Dimethyldiselane
was identified by GLC (by comparing with an authen-
13C NMR spectrum, δC, ppm: 14.02 (CH3); 22.55,
26.05, 29.02, 29.09, 31.37 (CH2); 67.76 (OCH2Se),
69.59 (CH2CH2O). 77Se NMR spectrum: δSe 266.23 ppm,
m (2JSe–H = 17.54 Hz).
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Bis(heptyloxymethyl)diselane (V). H NMR spec-
trum, δ, ppm: 0.85 t (3H, CH3), 1.25 m (8H, CH2),
1.56 m (2H, CH2CH2O), 3.52 t (2H, CH2O), 5.32 s
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(2H, OCH2Se, JH–Se = 20.23 Hz). C NMR spectrum,
δC, ppm: 14.02 (CH3); 22.55, 26.11, 29.09, 29.17,
31.74 (CH2)5; 70.07 (CH2O), 75.16 (OCH2Se).
77Se NMR spectrum: δSe 360.93 ppm, m (2JSe–H
=
20.20 Hz); cf. δSe 365.5 ppm for bis(methoxymethyl)-
selane [10]. According to the GLC and GC–MS data,
the organic layer also contained heptan-1-ol (II) and
formaldehyde diheptyl acetal (III) in an overall yield
of ~2% [the yield was estimated by adding 1.0 g
(10.8 mmol) of toluene to the organic phase].
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tic sample) and H NMR (δ 2.54 ppm, JSe–H
=
11.86 Hz). Heptyloxymethyl(methyl)selane (VII) was
isolated and identified as described above.
Reaction of chloromethyl heptyl ether (I) with
potassium ditelluride. Chloromethyl heptyl ether (I),
9.5 g (58 mmol), was added at 25°C to a solution of
potassium ditelluride K2Te2 prepared from 6.4 g
(50 mmol) of powdered tellurium, 2.8 g (50 mmol) of
potassium hydroxide, and 25 ml of hydrazine hydrate,
and the mixture was stirred for 2 h at 35–40°C.
Elemental tellurium separated from the mixture during
the process, and the mixture was filtered (5.4 g of
tellurium, conversion 16%). The organic layer was
separated from the filtrate; it contained (1H NMR)
1.7 g (15%) of bis(heptyloxymethyl)tellane (VIII) and
0.6 g (4%) of bis(heptyloxymethyl)ditellane (IX).
Heptyloxymethyl(methyl)selane (VII). a. Potas-
sium hydroxide, 2.1 g (37 mmol), and hydrazine
hydrate, 35 ml, were added to 2.9 g of a mixture of
selane IV and diselane V (molar ratio 1:2), prepared
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as described above [according to the H NMR data, it
contained 2.1 g (5 mmol) of diselane V]. The mixture
was stirred for 2.5 h at 80–86°C, cooled to 25°C, and
extracted with 10 ml of methylene chloride. The
extract was washed with 10 ml of water and dried over
MgSO4, and the solvent was removed to obtain 0.8 g
of bis(heptyloxymethyl)selane (IV) whose spectral
parameters were fully identical to those given above.
Found, %: C 57.35; H 10.24; Se 23.12. C16H34O2Se.
Calculated, %: C 56.97; H 10.09; Se 23.44.
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Bis(heptyloxymethyl)tellane (VIII). H NMR
spectrum, δ, ppm: 0.86 t (3H, CH3), 1.27 m (8H, CH2),
1.56 m (2H, CH2CH2O), 3.51 t (2H, CH2O), 5.46 s
(2H, OCH2Te, 2JH–Te = 36.80 Hz).
The residue was treated with 1.7 g (12 mmol) of
methyl iodide, and the mixture was stirred for 4 h at
25°C and extracted with 10 ml of methylene chloride.
The extract was dried over MgSO4, and the solvent
was removed. Yield of heptyloxymethyl(methyl)selane
(VII) 2.1 g (94%), bp 114–116°C (1.5 mm). IR spec-
trum, ν, cm–1: 2928, 2856, 2741, 1466, 1429, 1378,
1284, 1262, 1220, 1194, 965, 923, 902, 806, 849, 834,
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Only one H NMR signal was reliably assigned to
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compound IX, δ, ppm: 5.84 s (2H, OCH2Te, JH–Te
=
38.4 Hz). Signals from protons in the C7H15 group are
likely to coincide with those of bis(heptyloxymethyl)-
tellane (VIII). After separation of the organic layer, the
aqueous hydrazine phase was extracted with methylene
chloride (15 ml), and the extract was dried over
MgSO4 and evaporated. According to the GLC data,
the residue (3.6 g) contained 2.4 g (36%) of heptan-1-
ol and 0.8 g (6%) of formaldehyde acetal III.
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782, 723, 602, 592. H NMR spectrum, δ, ppm: 0.86 s
(3H, CH3), 1.27 m (8H, CH2), 1.55 m (2H, CH2CH2O),
2.04 s (3H, CH3Se, JH–Se = 9.54 Hz), 3.49 m (2H,
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CH2O), 4.91 s (2H, OCH2Se, JH–Se = 19.07 Hz).
13C NMR spectrum, δC, ppm: 3.28 (CH3Se, JC–Se
=
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