A FACIEL FORMATION OF CYCLIC SELENURANES AND A CYCLIC SELENURANE OXIDE IN THE REACTION OF 2-METHYLSELENO- AND 2-PHENYLSELENOBENZOIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES WITH t-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)82115-8

The reaction of 2-methylselenobenzoic acid with 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole followed by addition of t-butyl hydroperoxide gave cyclic selenuranes 2a and 3a, suggesting the intramolecular insertion of the neighboring selenium atom into the O-O bond of t-butyl