THE OXIDATION OF ARYL DISELENIDES WITH AN EQUIMOLAR AMOUNT OF tert-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE: EVIDENCE AGAINST THE FORMATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF A SELENENIC ANHYDRIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)90404-6

Reaction of equimolar quantites of an aryl diselenide (1) and tert-butyl hydroperoxide does not lead, as has been suggested, to a substantial amount of the corresponding selenenic anhydride (4), but rather to a mixture of seleninic anhydride (2) and unreacted diselenide, in a mole ratio of 1:2.