Evidence of an equilibrium between selenides and osmium(VIII) reagents and selenoxides and osmium(VI) reagents.
Driving the equilibrium between selenides and osmium(VIII) reagents with selenoxides and osmium(VI) by a subsequent reaction (rearrangement of allyl selenoxides to allyl alcohols or addition of osmium(VIII) species on C=C double bonds) to one side, allows the transformation of methyl geranyl selenides to linalool and of methyl citronellyl selenoxide to 6,7-dihydroxy citronellyl selenide.
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthèse, Département de Chimie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium. alain.krief@fundp.ac.be
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Krief
Alexandra
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Destree
Virginie
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Durisotti
Nicolas
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Moreau
Caroline
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Smal
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Colaux-Castillo