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Quest for diatomic selenium
Rys, Andrzej Z.,Schultz, Erwin K. V.,Harpp, David N.
, p. 351 - 371 (2010)
Metallocene pentaselenides and elemental selenium were employed in an effort to generate diatomic selenium (Se2) under thermal conditions. Trapping experiments were carried out with six dienes. A successful formation of a diselenium adduct was observed in the case of 5,6-dimethylene-cyclohexa-1,3- diene (1a). The other dienes produced the corresponding dihydroselenophenes. The in-depth study of the limitations of our method to generate Se2 is described; a plausible mechanism rationalizing the observed results is proposed.