New reactions of selenocarboxylates.
By treatment with Woollins' reagent in toluene solution, carboxylic acids are converted to selenocarboxylic acids. The latter react in situ to provide new products of acid- or base-promoted substitution, addition, and amidation.
Knapp
Spencer
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Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, USA. knapp@rutchem.rutgers.edu
Darout
Etzer
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D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry*
D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D012643:Selenium