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Efficient preparation of α,α-dialkyl-α-(phenylselanyl) acetates and α,β-unsaturated esters from the corresponding α,α-dialkyl-α-cyanoacetates by a lithium naphthalenide induced reductive selenenylation process
Ko, Yen-Chun,Zhu, Jia-Liang
, p. 3659 - 3665 (2008/09/19)
An array of α,α-dialkyl-α-(phenylselanyl)acetates has been synthesized very efficiently from readily available α,α- dialkyl-α-cyanoacetates, by use of lithium naphthalenide induced reductive α-selenenylation as a key operation. Moreover, the selanyl esters thus generated in situ could be converted further, in a one-pot treatment with hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid, into the corresponding α,β- unsaturated esters in moderate to high yields. The C=C bond formation was highly regio- and/or diastereoselective in some cases. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.