title: The First Synthesis of Organic Diselenolates: Application to the Synthesis of Diorganyl Diselenides.
abstract: The addition of elemental selenium to organolithium compounds 1 or organic selenates 2 gives organic diselenolates 3. The reactions proceed by the insertion of two selenium atoms into the carbon-metal bonds or of one selenium atom into a selenolate. Evidence for the existence of n-butyldisilenol has also been obtained.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthèse, Département de Chimie Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur (Belgium).
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krief
authors.lastname: Van Wemmel T
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Redon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delmotte