Convenient synthesis of primary selenoamides from aryl nitriles, selenium and sodium borohydride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919408010182

Aryl nitriles react smoothly with sodium hydrogen selenide, itself prepared in situ from selenium and sodium borohydride, in ethanol to give the corresponding primary selenoamides in moderate to good yield.

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Convenient Synthesis of
Primary Selenoamides from
Aryl Nitriles, Selenium, and
Sodium Borohydride
Xue-Rong Zhao a , Ming-De Ruan a , Wei-Qiang Fan a
& Xun-Jun Zhou a
a Department of Chemistry , Hangzhou University ,
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310028, China
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Xue-Rong Zhao , Ming-De Ruan , Wei-Qiang Fan & Xun-Jun Zhou
(1994) Convenient Synthesis of Primary Selenoamides from Aryl Nitriles, Selenium,
and Sodium Borohydride, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 24:12, 1761-1765, DOI:
10.1080/00397919408010182
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