A reagent for the efficient cleavage of N-benzoylhomoserine lactones: Access to α-(2-phenylseleno)ethyl amino acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)60175-2

Upon heating diphenyl diselenide and sodium trimethoxyborohydride (1:2) in DMF to 60°C, a reagent is produced which efficiently cleaves α-substituted N-benzoylhomoserine lactones to the corresponding α-(2-phenylseleno)ethyl amino acids without competing l