Syntheses of alkali selenolates from diorganic diselenides and alkali metal hydrides: Scope and limitations

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1992-26266

Sodium and potassium alkane[arene]selenolates have been efficiently prepared from the corresponding diselenides using sodium or potassium hydrides in dimethylformamide or tetrahydrofuran. The reaction cannot be extended for the production of their lithium analogues nor for sodium and potassium phenylmethaneselenolates.