Reaction of organic selenocyanates with hydroxides: The one-pot synthesis of dialkyl diselenides from alkyl bromides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1669-1672

  Krief, Alain ^a   Dumont, Willy ^a   Delmotte, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyanides; Diselenides; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXIDE; SELENIDE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034595326     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000502)39:9<1669::AID-ANIE1669>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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