Se-Aryl Alkane- or Arenecarboselenothioates: Synthesis and Some Reactions

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.61.3931

A series of Se-aryl carboselenothioates 3 (RCSSeAr, R=alkyl, aryl) were synthesized and characterized from the reaction of bis(thioacyl) sulfides 1 with sodium areneselenolates.The thionselenolesters 3 are stable (liquid or crystals) both thermally and to moisture.Reactions of 3 with aliphatic primary and secondary amines gave the corresponding ammonium carbodithioates 8 together with diphenyl diselenide 7.In contrast, treatment with aromatic amines or sodium alcoholates afforded the corresponding thioamides or O-alkyl or O-aryl thionoesters in good yields.The oxidation of 3 with m-chloroperbenzoic acid gave the corresponding sulfides 12 and acyl arylseleno sulfides 13 which are formed by a rearrangement of the ArSe group to the thiocarbonyl sulfur atom.